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As of November 2024, Air India operates a fleet of both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft with a fleet consisting of Airbus A319, A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo, A350 as well as the Boeing 777 and Boeing 787, making for a total of 208 aircraft.
Air India commenced operations on 29 July 1946, operating under the Government of India. On 8 June 1948, a Lockheed Constellation L-749A named Malabar Princess operated the airline's first international flight between Mumbai and London Heathrow. [2] As of December 2024, Air India serves a total of 43 international and 49 domestic destinations. [3]
As of December 2024, Air India Express serves 50 destinations — 34 in India and 16 international destinations. [1] [2]The state with the most destinations is Kerala with 4, followed by Tamil Nadu & Uttar Pradesh with 3 destinations each.
Air India Express came into existence on 29 April 2005, with the launch of three flights that took off simultaneously from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode.The airline was launched as a low-cost carrier with the objective of providing convenient connectivity to short-haul international routes in the Middle East and Southeast Asia for the Indian expatriate community.
The Air India Memorial in Toronto, Ontario, Canada dedicated to the victims of Air India Flight 182. On 24 January 1966, Air India Flight 101 Kanchenjunga, a Boeing 707-420 (registered VT-DMN) carrying 117 people (106 passengers and 11 crew) crashed on Mont Blanc, France killing all on board including Indian scientist Homi J. Bhabha. [207]
The airport was established in 1940. [6] In 1948, Air India operated scheduled services on the Madras-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Cochin-Thiruvananthapuram route six times a week. [7] [8] Coimbatore flying club and aviation training academy was established in 1960.
Air India Flight 855 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bombay (now Mumbai), India, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 1 January 1978, the Boeing 747 operating the flight crashed about 3 km (1.9 mi; 1.6 nmi) off the coast of Bandra , less than two minutes after take-off, killing all 213 passengers and crew on board.
Air India Flight 403 crashed at Sahar International Airport in Bombay due to heavy weather. Two crew members and 15 passengers died; 94 survived. 17 94 November 26, 1981 Air India Flight 224 from Salisbury, Rhodesia to Bombay was hijacked at Mahe Airport, Seychelles by mercenaries fleeing an abortive coup while on a refueling stop. The B707-300 ...