| div class="googleright"> | | | | This airline was affected after the liberalization of the |
| Indian Airlines, one of the major airlines in India based | | | | Indian economy in the 1990âs by the private |
| in Mumbai, came into existence with the enactment | | | | airlines like Jet Airways, Air Sahara. Also with the |
| of the Air Corporations Act of 1953. It started with a | | | | advent of low cost airlines like Spice Jet , Air Deccan |
| fleet of 99 aircrafts and was the result of a merger | | | | , etc the aviation scenario in India was changing |
| between seven former independent airlines including | | | | considerably. It was only on the 15th of July, 2007 |
| Himalayan Aviation, Kalinga Airlines, Indian National | | | | that Indian Airlines merged with Air India and started |
| Airways, Deccan Airways, Airways-India, Bharat | | | | working as a single entity. This new airline which was |
| Airways and Air Services of India. In 1964, it moved | | | | named Air India also belonged to the largest airline |
| into the jet era with the introduction of the Caravelle | | | | alliance namely Star Alliance . |
| aircraft into its fleet. | | | | |