| Indian Airlines is one of the prime airlines in India. It is | | | | 70 aircrafts including Airbus A300, Airbus A319, Airbus |
| based in Mumbai and focuses primarily on domestic | | | | A320and an ATR-4. Some of the foreign destinations |
| routes, alone with a few international services to | | | | that are included in its directory are Kuwait, |
| neighboring Asian countries. The airline is state-owned | | | | Singapore, 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. The | | | | to introduce wide-bodied A300 aircraft in the |
| airline came into existence by the enactment of the | | | | domestic circuit. There are a total of 76 exclusive |
| Air corporations act in 1953. It has been renamed as | | | | destinations covered by this airline, 58 within India and |
| 'Indian' on December 7th 2005. It started with about | | | | 18 abroad. |
| 99 aircrafts and was the outcome of a merger of | | | | The 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 with | | | | hospitality as they always greet you with a charming |
| the introduction of Caravelle aircraft and also inducted | | | | smile and attend to you very patiently. |
| a Boeing 737-200 in early 1970. Presently, it has about | | | | |