Air India

Air India
Founded	15 October 1932 (as Tata Airlines)
Commenced operations	29 July 1946
Hubs	Delhi
Secondary hubs	Mumbai
Focus cities	Ahmedabad; Bangalore; Chennai; Hyderabad; Kochi; Kolkata; Thiruvananthapuram;
Frequent-flyer program	Flying Returns
Alliance	Star Alliance
Subsidiaries	Air India Express
Fleet size	142
Destinations	84
Parent company	Air India Limited
Headquarters	Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Key people	N. Chandrasekaran (Chairman); Campbell Wilson (CEO & MD);
Founder	J. R. D. Tata
Revenue	₹313.77 billion (US$3.9 billion) (FY 2022–23)
Profit	₹−113.81 billion (US$−1.4 billion) (FY 2022–23)
Website	www.airindia.com

Air India is the flag carrier airline of India. It is owned by Air India Limited, a Tata Group enterprise and operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving 102 domestic and international destinations. It is headquartered in Gurgaon. The airline has its main hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi and secondary hub at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai alongside several focus cities across India. As of July 2023^[update], the airline is the second-largest airline in India in terms of passengers carried, after IndiGo. Air India became the 27th member of Star Alliance on 11 July 2014.

The airline was founded by J. R. D. Tata as Tata Airlines in 1932; Tata himself flew its first single-engine de Havilland Puss Moth, carrying air mail from Karachi to Bombay's Juhu aerodrome and later continuing to Madras (currently Chennai). After World War II, it became a public limited company and was renamed Air India. On 21 February 1960, it took delivery of its first Boeing 707 named Gauri Shankar and became the first Asian airline to induct a jet aircraft in its fleet. In 2000–01, attempts were made to privatise Air India and from 2006 onwards, it suffered losses after its merger with Indian Airlines. Another privatization attempt was launched in 2017, which concluded with ownership of the airline and associated properties reverting to the Tata Group in 2022.

Air India also operates flights to domestic and Asian destinations through its subsidiary Air India Express. Air India operates a mix of narrow body aircraft such as the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737 used for most domestic and short-haul international routes and wide body aircraft such as the Airbus A350, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 aircraft for long haul international routes. Air India's mascot is the Maharajah (Emperor) and the erstwhile logo consisted of a flying swan with the wheel of Konark inside it, before being replaced by a new logo inspired by the airline's Jharokha window pattern in 2023.

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^ ^a ^b "Air India's losses up by 18 per cent in FY23; revenues double". The Hindu. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[1] 7340.2F with Change 1 and Change 2 and Change 3 (PDF) (Report). Federal Aviation Administration. 15 September 2016. pp. 3–1–11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[Britannica-2] Cite error: The named reference Britannica was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Air_India_2022-3] "Air India's losses up by 18 per cent in FY23; revenues double". The Hindu. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

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