I want to know indian airline history?

Question

any airline history of india will do.

Answer 1

do you mean the company: "Indian Airlines" or the general term indian airline?

If it is Indian Airlines then check this out:

The airline was set up under Air Corporations Act, 1953 with an initial capital of Rs.32 million and started operations on 1 August 1953. It was established after legislation came into force to nationalise the entire airline industry in India. Two new national airlines were to be formed along the same lines as happened in the United Kingdom with British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA). Air India took over international routes and Indian Airlines Corporation (IAC) took over the domestic and regional routes.[citation needed]

Seven former independent domestic airlines, Deccan Airways, Airways-India, Bharat Airways, Himalayan Aviation, Kalinga Air Lines, Indian National Airways and Air Services of India, were merged to form the new domestic national carrier. Indian Airlines Corporation inherited a fleet of 99 aircraft including 74 Douglas DC-3 Dakotas, 12 Vickers Vikings, 3 Douglas DC-4s and various smaller types from the seven airlines that made it up.

Vickers Viscounts were introduced in 1957 with Fokker F27 Friendships being delivered from 1961. The 1960s also saw Hawker Siddeley HS 748s, manufactured in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, join the fleet.

The jet age began for IAC with the introduction of the pure-jet Sud Aviation Caravelle airliner in 1964, followed by Boeing 737-200s in the early 1970s. April 1976 saw the first three Airbus A300 wide-body jets being introduced. The regional airline, Vayudoot, which had been established in 1981, was later reintegrated.



Old orange logo of Indian Airlines until the mid-2000sBy 1990, Airbus A320s were introduced. The economic liberalisation process initiated by the Government of India in the early 1990s ended Indian Airlines' dominance of India's domestic air transport industry. Indian Airlines faced tough competition from Jet Airways, Air Sahara (now Jet Lite), East-West Airlines and ModiLuft. As of 2005, Indian Airlines was the second largest airline in India after Jet Airways while Air Sahara controlled 17% of the Indian aviation industry.

East-West Airlines and ModiLuft discontinued flight operations but the entry of several low-cost airlines in India like Deccan, SpiceJet and others like Kingfisher Airlines continue to give competition in its market, forcing Indian to cut down air-fares. However, as of 2006, Indian Airlines was still a profit making airline.

It is wholly owned by the Government of India through a government holding company and has 19,300 employees (at March 2007).[5] Its annual turn-over, together with that of its subsidiary Alliance Air, is well over Rs.4000 crores (around US$ 1 billion). Together with its subsidiary, Alliance Air, Indian Airlines carries a total of over 7.5 million passengers annually.[citation needed]

Indian Airlines has also been granted permission from the Government of India to merge with Air India, under the name Air India. The two airlines formally became one on 15 July 2007 upon receiving the new Boeing 777-200LR with the new livery of the merged airline. The new airline's headquarters will remain in Mumbai, and will have a fleet of 130+. After the merger, the two airlines have applied for membership of Star Alliance with Lufthansa backing the application.[6] Alliance Air and Air-India Express are also to merge as the new airline's low-cost arm.[7] After successful completion of the Air India - Indian Airlines merger, the airline been accepted as a member of the Star Alliance, the largest airline alliance. After the merger the merged airline had a huge domestic network and fleet which quickly led to acceptance of the application to Star Alliance with Lufthansa's support. The airline will be joining the Star Alliance in 2009.[8]

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Answer 2

Wikipedia will solve your problems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Airl...