What is Air India?
{{no footnotes|date=November 2021}} [[File:Air India 2023.svg|thumb|Curent logo of Air India]] [[File:Boeing 777-222(ER), Air-India JP6574596.jpg|thumb|Boeing 777-222(ER), Air-India]] '''Air India''' (AI/AIC) ({{lang-hi|'''एअर इंडिया'''}}) ''(officially known as '''Air India Air Transport Services Limited''')'' is the national airline company of [[India]]. Air India is part of the ''National Aviation Company of India Limited'' == History == Air India was founded in 1932 under the name Tata Air Line by the company Tata Sons. In 1946 the name of the company changed to Air India International. Its name changed again in 1953, this time to the current name Air India. By that time Air India was owned by the [[government]] of [[India]]. From 1999 a lot of attempts were made to merge India Air and Indian Airlines. Air India kept its name regardless of the merge. Due to corruption and lack of funds, Air India merged with Tata Group, or Tata Sons in January 27th, 2022. == Accidents == * Jan. 1st, 1978. [[Air India Flight 855]] crashed due to the pilot being Spatially Disoriented. All 213 are killed. * 2010: [[Air India Express Flight 812|Flight 812]] goes beyond the runway and crashes. 160 people are killed. * {{Star Alliance}} {{Transport-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1932 establishments in India]] [[Category:Star Alliance]] [[Category:Airlines of Asia]] [[Category:Companies of India]] [[Category:Transport in India]] [[Category:National symbols of India]] [[Category:IATA members]] [[Category:Tata Group]]