Winning Bizness Desk

Mumbai. Air India has completed one year after returning to its previous promoter Tata Group. In order to mark this feat, the airline's chief executive Campbell Wilson has congratulated the company's employees by writing a letter. On 27 January 2022, Tata Sons officially took over the government company Air India and had become the second largest airline of the country. Talking about the history of Air India, it started in April 1932 and was founded by visionary industrialist JRD Tata. At that time the name used to be Tata Airlines. JRD Tata flew an airplane for the first time in 1919 as a hobby at the age of just 15, but the hobby became a passion and JRD Tata took his pilot's license.

Several achievements in the last one year

Wilson pointed out that the airline has made several achievements in the last one year after joining the Tata group, dealing with the effects of the pandemic. The company is preparing to place an order for 190 Boeing 737 Max narrow-body aircraft along with 20 Boeing 787s and 10 Boeing 777Xs to mark the first anniversary of the acquisition. In 2022, a total of 12.32 crore people traveled on domestic routes. India is the third largest aviation market in the world and this industry is worth Rs 1.20 lakh crore. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that by 2030, India may leave China and the US behind in this matter.

Ahmedabad to Mumbai via Karachi

The airline's first commercial flight was made on 15 October 1932. Then there was only single engine 'Haviland Paas Moth' airplane, which went from Ahmedabad to Mumbai via Karachi. At that time there was not a single passenger in the plane but there were 25 kg letters. The letters were brought from London to Karachi by 'Imperial Airways'. It was the royal aircraft of Airways Britain. After this, in the year 1933, Tata Airlines took the first flight with passengers. Tata had set up the company at a cost of two lakh rupees.