How it alI started ...
India’s first air service was inaugurated in 1932 when J.R.D Tata landed on a mud flat land at Juhu in Bombay carrying mail from Karachi on a de Havilland Puss Moth. The planes initially used by Tata Airlines were too small to carry passengers on a regular basis and therefore focused more on regular mail service. In 1946 Tata Airlines became a joint stock company called Air India Ltd., providing domestic flights. Air India International, owned 49% by government and 25% by Tata’s, made its first maiden flight on June 8th, 1948 from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva using a Lockheed Super L-749 Constellation. On the domestic front, due to the availability of cheap DC-3s in the country after Second World War, 21 companies registered but only 11 were licensed to operate. Poor financial conditions instigated the government to nationalize the air transport industry. On August 1, 1953, Indian Airlines was formed by merging eight domestic airlines to operate domestic services while Air India International would operate international services. Eight erstwhile private airlines to be merged to form Indian Airlines Corporation are Deccan Airways, Bharat Airways, Air India, Himalayan Aviation, Kalinga Airlines, Indian National Airways, Air Services of India and Air- Services India. Nationalization opened a new chapter in the airline industry marked by fleet expansion and new routes. The Indian aviation industry entered the jet age with induction of Boeing 707 in 1960 by Air India.
India’s first air service was inaugurated in 1932 when J.R.D Tata landed on a mud flat land at Juhu in Bombay carrying mail from Karachi on a de Havilland Puss Moth. The planes initially used by Tata Airlines were too small to carry passengers on a regular basis and therefore focused more on regular mail service. In 1946 Tata Airlines became a joint stock company called Air India Ltd., providing domestic flights. Air India International, owned 49% by government and 25% by Tata’s, made its first maiden flight on June 8th, 1948 from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva using a Lockheed Super L-749 Constellation. On the domestic front, due to the availability of cheap DC-3s in the country after Second World War, 21 companies registered but only 11 were licensed to operate. Poor financial conditions instigated the government to nationalize the air transport industry. On August 1, 1953, Indian Airlines was formed by merging eight domestic airlines to operate domestic services while Air India International would operate international services. Eight erstwhile private airlines to be merged to form Indian Airlines Corporation are Deccan Airways, Bharat Airways, Air India, Himalayan Aviation, Kalinga Airlines, Indian National Airways, Air Services of India and Air- Services India. Nationalization opened a new chapter in the airline industry marked by fleet expansion and new routes. The Indian aviation industry entered the jet age with induction of Boeing 707 in 1960 by Air India.
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