Air India is actually the national flag carrier of India. This air-lines service has a network of passenger and cargo services around the world. Here we are going to talk about the International flights of Air India coming to India.
It is among the 2 state-owned airlines in the country. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai and Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi is the main bases of this airlines service and has its hub at Chennai International Airport. The airline service connects around 95 international destinations including 12 gateways in India like, Air India Express that is a fully-owned subsidiary of Air India.
Air India was founded as Tata Airlines in 1932 by J. R. D. Tata. On October 15, 1932 its founder, Mr. J. R. D. Tata flew a single engined De Havilland Puss Moth air mail of Imperial Airways from Drigh Road Aerodrome in Karachi to Juhu Airstrip in Bombay via Ahmedabad.
In 1954, Air India Cargo started functioning along with Douglas DC-3 Dakota aircraft. Eventually Air India became the first Asian airline to operate cargo flights. The cargo flights of Air India carry goods to many destinations. Air India is a member of IATA. It carries every types of cargo including dangerous goods and pets.
Bangalore is connected to the world with Air India flights from Chicago-O’Hare, Dubai, Frankfurt, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Male, Muscat, New York-JFK, Sharjah, Singapore, etc.
Recently Air India has planned to change its entire aircraft interior. They have changed the Business class, and Economy class seats on all of their 747 aircrafts. All the business class seats are in a shell now that allow the seats to get transformed into beds. These seats include a 18" PTV. Each of the new economy seats are of deep blue in color and are equipped with a 13” PTV each. Air India has also put up a projector screen on the walls of each area of the class, and 2 additional TVs in the main walkway. The uniforms of all the crew members have also been changed.
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In 1994 and 2003 Air India was awarded with the Mercury Award for the finest in flight cuisines. One can choose from an array of meals from an Indian vegetarian meal, a kosher meal, to a low fat meal, and many other types of food.
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