Some Facts About Indian Airlines

Indian Airlines is one of the prime airlines in India. It is70 aircrafts including Airbus A300, Airbus A319, Airbus
based in Mumbai and focuses primarily on domesticA320and an ATR-4. Some of the foreign destinations
routes, alone with a few international services tothat are included in its directory are Kuwait,
neighboring Asian countries. The airline is state-ownedSingapore, UAE, Qatar, Thailand and many more
and also administered by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.South East Asian countries. This airline was the first
Along with Air India, it is the flag carrier of India. Theto introduce wide-bodied A300 aircraft in the
airline came into existence by the enactment of thedomestic circuit. There are a total of 76 exclusive
Air corporations act in 1953. It has been renamed asdestinations covered by this airline, 58 within India and
'Indian' on December 7th 2005. It started with about18 abroad.
99 aircrafts and was the outcome of a merger ofThe fares are also quite minimal in this airline. The air
sorts among several former independent airlines.hostesses and flight stewards provide impeccable
In 1964, Indian Airlines moved into the jet era withhospitality as they always greet you with a charming
the introduction of Caravelle aircraft and also inductedsmile and attend to you very patiently.
a Boeing 737-200 in early 1970. Presently, it has about