 |
|---|
Air-India
formerly
Air-India International
India
*
Air-India I - The Main Air-India page.
*
Click to view Air-India II - The Alternative Air-India page,
featuring timetables from the collection of Germain Mentgen.
*
Air-India International was set up in March 1948 jointly by Air-India (the recently renamed Tata Air Lines)
and the Indian Government, with Air-India responsible for management. In June of that year a Constellation
opened the route from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva.
More European cities were added to the network within the next few years as was a route to Nairobi.
The Indian Government decided to nationalize all Indian airlines in 1953 and with effect from August of that year,
Air-India International became a State Corporation. Except for routes from Bombay to Delhi and Calcutta,
which served as extensions to the intercontinental routes, all routes of Air-India,
as well as of the other domestic and regional operators, were transferred to Indian Airlines Corporation.
In 1962 the airline officially dropped 'International' to become just Air-India,
but it had already traded as such for a few years, as evidenced by the timetables.
BL
November 1, 1948
Click to view the complete timetable
June 1, 1950
UK edition
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
BL
September 1950
Click for larger view as well as views of the interior and of the back cover
April 1951
(From the collection of Michael Dawes)
Click for a view of the interior
DZ
May 1, 1952
BL
April 7, 1953 (February 1, 1953 deleted)
BL
September 1, 1953
BL
November 1, 1953
German edition
(System)
BL
May 1, 1956
German edition
(System)
BL
August 1, 1956
DZ
February 1, 1957
BL
August 1, 1957
Click to view the complete timetable
BL
September 1, 1957
BL
November 1, 1957
BL
April 1, 1958
BL
May 1, 1958
BL
July 1, 1958
German edition
(System)
BL
August 1, 1958
BL
September 1, 1958
Click for larger view
BL
November 1, 1958
December 1, 1958
Italian edition
(System)
(From the collection of Antonio Bordoni)
Click for larger view
Click for a view of the interior
January 1, 1959
Italian edition
(System)
(From the collection of Antonio Bordoni)
Click for larger view
BL
February 1, 1959
BL
March 1, 1959
BL
April 19, 1959
BL
DZ
Click for a view of the route map
BL
BL
German edition
(System)
BL
BL
BL
Revised edition
(System)
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
Click to view the complete timetable
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
BL
Slim-size edition
(System)
(Courtesy of Ben Brans)
BL
Slim-size edition
(System)
BL
Slim-size edition
(System)
(From the collection of Wassim Chemaitelli)
(From the collection of Wassim Chemaitelli)
BL
DZ
BL
BL
(From the collection of Norbert Hahn)
(From the collection of Norbert Hahn)
DZ
Click for larger view (from the collection of Aleksandar Obradovic)
(From the collection of James Sullivan)
BL
Domestic timetable
(System - includes all international routes)
Click for larger view
*
See also Air-India II - The Alternative Air-India page,
featuring timetables from the collection of Germain Mentgen.
*
For quick comparison with other Air-India timetables,
visit the Air-India page of
Perry Sloan's "AirTimes" site.
*
Visit Wassim Chemaitelli's page on the Little Maharajah - Air-India's mascot since the early days of the airline:
The Maharajah's Gallery
You may use our images (marked BL or DZ) on another website.
This page last updated April 6, 2008.
Then please credit them as being from the collections of either Björn Larsson or David Zekria,
and preferably provide a link to our site.
Thank you!
Please note that an image of a timetable marked as belonging to another collector
may not be used without prior permission from its owner.
If you have any questions or comments please e-mail Björn Larsson.
Offers to trade or sell timetables are always welcome! Please e-mail David Zekria.
