Like most people of my generation, I was familiar with Air India’s Maharajah mascot before I knew what Air India was. The 1970s, 1980s, even the early 1990s were Air India’s golden years. In 1953, it passed the Air Corporations Act and acquired a majority stake in Air India. Air India, it was decided, would fly international routes and Indian Airlines, domestic and regional ones (to neighbouring countries). Most people have forgotten that Air India wasn’t the only airline in India at the time of independence.

Source: Mint July 02, 2017 12:56 UTC