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Air India
IATA Code
ICAO Code
IATA Prefix
Callsign
AI
AIC
098
 Airindia

Air India Airbus A310-304
Air India
Air India Building
Nariman Point
Mumbai
INDIA

Tel.: +91 1123 71 8951
Fax: +91 1123 71 4546
SITA:
Email: airindpr@bom3.vsnl.net.in
Website: www.airindia.com

Type: Scheduled, international, regional, passenger, cargo
Owner: National Aviation Company of India (NACIL) (100%)
Shareholdings: Air India Express (100%); Air India Regional (100%); Air Mauritius (2.56%)
Employees: 31,306
Base: Mumbai (BOM)
Hubs: Delhi (DEL)
Start of ops: October 1932 (as Tata Airlines)
Air India operates the follwowing aircraft Executives:
  • 8 x Airbus A310-300
  • 24 x Airbus A319-100
  • 38 x Airbus A320-200
  • 20 x Airbus A321-200
  • 2 x Airbus A330-200
  • 7 x ATR 42-300
  • 6 x Boeing 737-200
  • 5 x Boeing 747-400
  • 8 x Boeing 777-200
  • 12 x Boeing 777-300 (3 on order)
  • Boeing 787-8 (27 on order)
  • 4 x Bombardier CRJ700
Chairman & MD:
COO:
Finance Director:
Executive Director Commercial: 		Arvind Jadhav
Gustav Baldauf
S Chandrashekar
F Vaz

Air India is the flag carrier of the Republic of India. It operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving Asia, Europe and North America. It is India's oldest and largest airline. Its corporate office is located at the Air India Building at Nariman Point in South Mumbai. It is the 16th largest airline in Asia.
Air India has two major domestic hubs at Mumbai and Delhi respectively and one international hub at Frankfurt, Germany. London, England acts as a focus city for the airline. Air India is set to become a full Star Alliance member by March 2011. The airline is a part of the Indian Government owned National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL).

Accidents and Incidents:
Date
Aircraft
Registration
Location
Country
Fatal
Cat.
20-Jan-99
 Boeing 747-437 VT-EVA Frankfurt International (FRA) Germany
0
substantial
07-May-90
 Boeing 747-237B VT-EBO Delhi-Indira Gandhi International (DEL) India
0
w/o
23-Jun-85
 Boeing 747-237B VT-EFO 176 km W off Cork, Ireland Atlantic Ocean
329
w/o
22-Jun-82
 Boeing 707-437 VT-DJJ Mumbai (Bombay) India
19
w/o
01-Jan-78
 Boeing 747-237B VT-EBD Arabian Sea, off Bandra India
213
w/o
23-Jan-71
 Boeing 707-437 VT-DJI Mumbai (Bombay) India
0
w/o
24-Jan-66
 Boeing 707-437 VT-DMN Mont Blanc France
117
w/o
19-Jul-59
 Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation VT-DIN Mumbai (Bombay) India
0
w/o
11-Apr-55
 Lockheed L-749A Constellation VT-DEP off Great Natuna Islands Pacific Ocean
16
w/o
09-May-53
 Douglas C-47A VT-AUD near Delhi India
18
w/o
15-Sep-51
 Douglas C-47A VT-CCA Bangalore India
1
w/o
13-Dec-50
 Douglas C-47B VT-CFK Katagiri India
21
w/o
03-Nov-50
 Lockheed L749 Constellation VT-CQP Mont Blanc France
48
w/o
26-Sep-50
 Douglas C-47A VT-DAT Barrackpore India
w/o
07-Apr-49
 Vickers Viking 1B VT-CIZ Marre India
0
w/o
06-Feb-48
 Vickers Viking 1B VT-CLY Mumbai (Bombay) India
0
w/o
27-Dec-47
 Douglas DC-3 VT-AUG Korangi Creek Pakistan
23
w/o
13-Nov-47
 Douglas DC-3 VT-ATI Jammu Airport (IXJ)  India
0
w/o