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Air india is a state owned carrier and presently the largest airline in the country. With national and international hub of air india airlines at delhi international airport, a major share of flights in Indian skies is of the air india airways. Airindia operates airbus and boeing flights to foreign destinations as well as inside the country.
Air india was started as tata airlines in the pre-independence era after which it was taken up by the government of india and managed as air india airlines. Since those early days, air india airways has seen a lots of trouble and success, but has stood proudly as the national carrier of the country. Airindia came under a single flagship NACIL corporation which also included the Indian airlines.
The international long haul of air india was started in 1948 with a Lockheed aircraft. After that, the acquisition of a boeing 707-420, the jet age came into the air india airlines. The condition improved to such an extent that only airbus and boeings were flown in the fleet of air india airways. The primary aim of airindia became to connect many foreign destinations to india and for this, the international hubs were changed to Chicago and new York but finally delhi was settled as the national and international airport due to availability of space.
From its beginning till present day, air india a number of airports all over the world have been connected with many flights. Even, the designs were done and redone to bring out the theme of india on every air india airlines aircrafts. Due to some reasons, the air india airways was brought under the aegis of a single government agency although, trials for privatization were opted for.
Finally, things settled for the better with airindia operating between 11 domestic destinations and 18 international destinations. Air india has, as its subsidiaries, the air india cargo, air india express, and affiliated carriers of Indian and air india regional. To bring in more customers, many plans and offers were given out and the comfort of travel was enhanced with posh interiors and travel savvy seating arrangements. In recent years, air india airlines have become the preferred mode of communication for passengers from india as well as abroad.
Different facilities in air india airways can be known from www.home.airindia.in where things ranging from ticket booking to customer care numbers are made available. In order to be the national carrier for any country, an airlines needs to look at the comfort and easy travel of its citizens. Airindia has always tried to achieve this end by means which are noteworthy and thus has emerged as the national carrier of india.