air india crisis

2. AGENDA
• HISTORY OF AIR INDIA
• REASON FOR CRISIS

3. Company Perspectives
• Air-India is India's finest flying Ambassador.
The urge to excel and the enthusiasm which
characterised Air-India's first flight way back
on October 15, 1932 is quintessential even
today--thanks to eighteen thousand Air
Indians who have kept alive the tradition of
flying high!

4. HISTORY OF AIR INDIA
In 1932, In 1960,
Air India began its journey under Air India flew its first
the aegis of Tata Airlines, a international flight to New
division of Tata Sons Ltd. (now
Tata Group). Following World
York via London. In 1962,
War II in 1946, regular Air India became the
commercial service was restored world's first all-jet airline
in India and Tata Airlines and its name was officially
became a public limited truncated to Air India
company under the name of Air
India. Under the Air
Corporations Act of 1953, the
Government nationalised the air
transportation industry and Air
India International Limited was
born.

5. In 2007,
• India and Indian Airlines merged into one
airline, with its name remaining Air India. Air
India is now a part of Star Alliance and is
supposed to be joined by Alliance Air and Air
India Express soon.