Indian (airline)

Indian Airlines is a former Indian airline based in New Delhi. They merged 2007-2011 Air India.

History

After the nationalization of the Indian aviation industry, two new airlines were established on June 15, 1953: Air India and Indian Airlines for international to domestic air traffic. On August 1, 1953 Indian Airlines took to flight operations. At the beginning they had a fleet of 99 aircraft of various kinds Gradually, these were replaced by the Vickers Viscount, Fokker F-27 and British Aerospace / Hindustan Aeronautics HS 748.

Began in 1964 with the introduction of the Sud Aviation Caravelle jet age. In November 1976, Indian Airlines has performed the first airline in Asia Airbus A300. In June 1989, the Company received the first delivery of 19 Airbus A320.

In December 2005 logo and labeling of machines have been redesigned. Now Indian Airlines was renamed as "Indian ".

2007, the merger of the two state-owned airlines Indian Airlines and Air India to the National Aviation Company of India Limited has been initiated. This should create a big, strong airline that can compete successfully against the growing competition in the airline business. So far, Air India had specialized in international destinations, Indian Airlines on national and regional routes. The brand name Indian Airlines was abandoned. In February 2011, the merger was completed with the merger of the two companies under the same IATA code.

Destinations

In addition to regular services within India Indian Airlines also offered flights to neighboring countries like Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Kuwait and Oman. Finally, the flights were operated under the brand name of Air India, but with the IATA code of the Indian.

Fleet

As of August 2010, the fleet of Indian Airlines from 79 aircraft, all of which were operated as a partner in the network of Air India was. By the spring of 2011, these machines were transferred to the fleet of Air India.

  • 24 Airbus A319 -100
  • 33 Airbus A320 -200
  • 20 Airbus A321 -200
  • 02 Airbus A330 -200
IATA-Code International Civil Aviation Organization airport code Hawker Siddeley HS 748
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