Air India Limited

Air India Limited is a company that was formed as National Aviation Company of India Limited by the government of India to oversee the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines.[4] The company was renamed as Air India Limited on 26 October 2010.[5] It was incorporated on 30 March 2007 as a state-owned company based at the Air India Building in Nariman Point, Mumbai.[6] The Company was created to facilitate the merger of the two main state-owned airlines in India: Air India, with its subsidiary Air India Express and Indian, together with its subsidiary Alliance Air (was called Air India Regional for about 6 years from 2011 to March 2017).

Air India Limited
TypeState-owned enterprise
IndustryAviation
Founded30 March 2007 (2007-03-30)
FounderGovernment of India
HeadquartersAirlines House, New Delhi
Key people
Ashwani Lohani (chairman​ & MD)[1]
Services
Revenue₹142.551 billion (US$2.0 billion) (2011)[2]
OwnerGovernment of India
Number of employees
28,085 (2011)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.airindia.com

Structure

Previous
National Aviation Company of India Limited
Air IndiaIndian
Air India ExpressAir India CargoAir India Charters LimitedAir India Air Transport ServicesAlliance Air

Current
Air India Ltd
Air IndiaHotel Corporation of India LimitedAI Engineering Services Ltd{{{AIASL}}}
Air India ExpressAlliance Air

Upon completion of the merger on 26 February 2011 there is now one primary airline, Air India, with two subsidiary (Alliance Air and Air India Express) carriers providing regional and low-cost point-to-point services. AIL carriers connect 93 destinations (60 domestic and 33 international) in 24 countries as of February 2011.

Additional subsidiaries are Hotel Corporation of India Limited, Air India Charters Limited, and Airline Allied Services Limited.[7] In 2013, it split its engineering and cargo businesses into two separate subsidiaries, AI Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL) and AI Airport Services Limited (AIASL).[8]

References
  1. "Ashwani Lohani is a railway man and tourism veteran; can he pull Air India out of the mess?". Firstpost. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. "Profit & Loss Account for the year ended 31 March 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  3. "AIL Annual Report" (PDF). Civilavaiation.nic.in. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  4. "NACIL". India.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. "Maharaja gets back old name". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  6. "Annual Report 2009 (English)" (PDF). Civilaviation.nic.in. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  7. "PMO seeks health report from Air India : India, News - India Today". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  8. "Companies". livemint.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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