| LC control no. | n 50054785 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Air-India |
| Variant(s) | Air-India International Corporation Eara-Iṇḍiyā |
| See also | Predecessor: Tata Air Lines Mergee: Indian Airlines Product of merger: Air-India Limited |
| Beginning date | 1946 |
| Ending date | 2007 |
| Associated country | India |
| Field of activity | Aeronautics, Commercial |
| Found in | Its Report, 1954/55- Its Annual report for the period ended ... 28th Feb., 1994: t.p. (Air-India; Eara-Iṇḍiyā) p. 1 (Air-India Corporation renamed as Air-India Limited with effect from 1 Mar., 1994) Website of Air India, viewed Nov. 6, 2006: history (Tata Air Lines converted into a public company and renamed Air India Limited) Information from 678 field, converted Oct. 20, 2014 (formed 1953) Wikipedia, May 6, 2022 (after World War II, regular commercial service was restored in India and Tata Airlines became a public limited company on 29 July 1946 under the name Air India; after Indian independence in 1947, 49% of the airline was acquired by the Government of India in 1948; its first international flight was from Bombay to London on 8 June 1948; from 1948 to 1950 the airline introduced services to Nairobi, Rome, Paris and Düsseldorf; in 1953 the Government of India passed the Air Corporations Act and purchased a majority stake in the carrier from Tata Sons, though founder J. R. D. Tata continued as Chairman until 1977; the company was renamed Air India International Limited, and domestic services were transferred to Indian Airlines; in 2007 Air India and Indian Airlines were merged under Air India Limited; in late 2019 the Government decided to sell 100% share of the airline; on 27 January 2022 the airline was officially handed over to Tata Group, thus being re-privatized) |
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