Air Transport
Air Transport
» Airways in India started in 1911.
» Indian National Airways Company was started in 1933.
» All the airway companies were nationalized in 1953 and were put under two corporations namely — Indian Airlines and Air India.
» Indian Airlines provides its services to the internal parts of India along with neighboring countries of Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Maldives.
» Air India provides its services to the foreign locations.
» Vayudoot was established in 1981 for domestic services, but was later merged in Indian Airlines.
Merger of Air India and Indian Airlines
» Merger of Air India and Indian Airlines Indian Airlines operates to 54 domestic stations along with its subsidiary Airlines 'Alliance Air'. Besides it also operates to 18 international stations.
»The Indian Airlines has a fleet of 75 aircraft. 41 aircraft were expected to be added in its fleet by April 2010.
» On the 1st March, 2007 the Union Cabinet approved the proposal to merge Indian Airlines and Air India.
» Accordingly, a new company, viz. National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACL) has been incorporated on 30th March, 2007 with its Headquarters at Mumbai.
» The brand name of the new airlines is Air India (or Indian) and its logo is Maharaja.
» GPS Aided Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system is a prestigious satellite based augmentation system of India, jointly developed by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for enhanced Air Navigation Services across the country.
Major International Airports of India
| Name of Airport | Place |
|---|---|
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Int. Airport (Santa Cruz Airport) | Mumbai |
| Subhash Chandra Bose Airport (DumDum Airport) | Kolkata |
| Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi |
| Anna (Meenambkkam) International Airport | Chennai |
| Trivendram International Airport | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Guru Ramdasji (Rajasansi) International Airport | Amritsar |
| Kampagowada (Bangaluru) International Airport | Bangaluru |
| Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport | Indore (M.P.) |
| Calicut International Airport | Kozhikode (Kerala) |
| Veer Savarkar International Airport | Port Blair |
| Rajeev Gandhi International Airport | Hyderabad |
| Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport | Guwahati |
| Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport | Patna |
| Goa International Airport | Goa |
| Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Airport | Ahmedabad |
| Mangalore International Airport | Mangalore |
| Aranmula International Airport | Pathanamthitta |
| Raja Bhoj International Airport | Bhopal |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport | Varanasi |
| Choudhary Charan Singh International Airport | Lucknow |