Since time immemorial the vast territory of India has been an ever popular tourist destination. Tourists from all over the globe throng this ever popular tourist destination from all across the globe all the year round. The vast land of India has a very well developed air way by means of which a tourist can travel with great ease from one part of the land to the other part. There are a huge number of domestic as well as international flights which operates to and from India. Indian Airlines is one such airline which operates to and from India. This is a state owned domestic airline which is based in the capital city of India that is New Delhi and is under the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation. The main bases of Indian Airlines are the international airports in Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and New Delhi. Indian Airlines was rebranded with a new name that is Indian for the purpose of advertising in the year of 2005 on December 7.

Indian Airlines was set up under the Air Corporations Act of 1953. The airline was set up with an initial capital of 32 million rupees and started its operation on the 1st of August 1953. Seven of the previously existing domestic airlines were merge din order to give form to Indian Airlines. The seven domestic airlines which were merged would include Deccan Airways, Airways India, Bharat Airways, Himalayan Aviation, Kalinga Airlines, Indian National Airways, and Air Services of India. The fleets of Indian Airlines would include Douglas DC-3 Dakotas, Vickers Vikings, Douglas DC-4s, Vickers Viscounts, Fokker F-27 Friendships, and Hawker Siddeley. The jet fleet was introduced in Indian Airlines in the year of 1964 with the Sud Aviation Caravelle which was followed by the Boeing 737-200s in the early 1970s. As of 2006, the average age of Indian Airlines fleet is 15.8 years old. Stay connected to Cheapflightstobangalore.com to know more about the domestic airlines operating in India.