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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 February 2025, Air India serves a total of 43 international and 49 domestic destinations. [3]
As of February 2025, Air India Express serves 54 destinations — 37 in India and 17 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.
London includes City, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted and Southend airports. New York includes Kennedy and Newark airports; Paris includes Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly airports. Barcelona includes El Prat and Girona airports. Berlin includes Schönefeld (from 2020 Brandenburg) and Tegel airports.
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 117 on board including Indian scientist Homi J. Bhabha. [209]
Air China has reported that each domestic flight's meal requires RMB50 (US$7.30) while international flights require RMB70 (US$10). [57] However, this figure varies from airline to airline, as some have reported costs to be as low as US$3.50. [ 58 ]
The Air Ministry approved commercial flights from the site in 1933, and the first terminal, "The Beehive", was built in 1935. Scheduled air services from the new terminal began the following year. During the Second World War, the airport was taken over by the military and was known as RAF Gatwick. After the war, the airport returned to its ...
Air India Flight 101, 24 January 1966 crash into Mont Blanc in France; Air India Flight 855, 1 January 1978 crash into the Arabian Sea, near India; Air India Flight 403, 21 June 1982 crash at Bombay, India; Air India Flight 182, 23 June 1985 mid-air bombing near Ireland, over the Atlantic; Air India Express