Air India

Air India is the flag carrier of India, headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana. Its primary hub is located at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, with secondary hubs at Kempegowda International Airport and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. The airline is owned by Air India Limited, which is owned by the Tata Group (74.9%) and Singapore Airlines (25.1%). As of November 2025, the airline serves 87 domestic and international destinations, operates a variety of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and is the second-largest airline in India by passenger volume, after IndiGo. Air India became the 27th member of Star Alliance on 11 July 2014. Founded in 1932 as Tata Airlines by J. R. D. Tata, the airline was nationalised by the Government of India in 1953 and renamed to Air India following World War II. On 21 February 1960, it took delivery of its first Boeing 707 named Gauri Shankar and became the first Asian airline to induct a jet aircraft in its fleet. In 2000 to 2001, attempts were made to privatise Air India, and from 2006 onwards it suffered losses following its merger with Indian Airlines. Another privatisation attempt was launched in 2017, culminating in the return of ownership of the airline and associated properties to the Tata Group after 69 years in 2022. Air India also operates flights to domestic and Asian destinations through its subsidiary Air India Express. Air India operates a mix of narrow body aircraft such as the Airbus A320 family used for most domestic and short-haul international routes and wide body aircraft such as the Airbus A350, Boeing 777, and Boeing 787 aircraft for long haul international routes. Air India's mascot is the Maharajah ('great king'), and the erstwhile logo consisted of a flying swan with the wheel of Konark inside it, before being replaced...