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Indian Airlines Corporation was crated through Air Corporations Act on June 15, 1953 and was nationalized on August 1, 1953. Eight domestic airlines, Deccan Airways, Airways India, Bharat Airways, Himalayan Aviation, Kalinga Airlines, Indian National Airways and Air Services of India and the Domestic wing of Air India, were merged to form the new domestic national carrier Indian Airlines Corporation.

Indian Airlines, together with its fully owned subsidiary Alliance Air, grew in to one of the largest regional airline systems in Asia with a fleet of 62 aircrafts and covering 75 destinations - 57 within India and 20 abroad. The Indian Airlines international network covers Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain in West Asia, Thailand, Singapore, Yangon and Malaysia in South East Asia and Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Maldives in the South Asian sub-continent.

The Government of India, on March 1, 2007, approved the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines in to a new Company, National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on March 30, 2007. The Certificate to Commence Business was obtained on May 14, 2007.

It has been decided that post merger, the new entity will be known as “Air India” while “Maharaja” will be retained as its mascot. The logo of the new airline will be a red colored flying swan with the “Konark Chakra” in orange placed inside it. The flying swan has been morphed from Air India’s characteristic logo “The Centaur” whereas the “Konark Chakra” was reminiscent of Indian’s logo.

**Indian Airlines, Part 1 - Internal First Flights**
1964 Feb 1 Bombay Calcutta Caravelle	1964 Feb 1 Calcutta Bombay Caravelle	1964 Feb 1 Bombay Delhi Caravelle	1964 Feb 1 Delhi Bombay Caravelle	1964 Feb 1 Bombay Madras Caravelle
1964 Feb 1 Madras Bombay Caravelle	1964 Feb 1 Delhi Calcutta Caravelle	1964 Feb 1 Calcutta Delhi Caravelle	1964 Feb 1 Delhi Madras Caravelle	1964 Feb 1 Madras Delhi Caravelle
1965 Apr 1 Bangalore Bombay Caravelle	1965 Apr 1 Bombay Bangalore Caravelle	1965 Apr 1 Bangalore Delhi Caravelle	1965 Apr 1 Delhi Bangalore Caravelle	1965 Apr 1 Bangalore Madras Caravelle
1965 Apr 1 Madras Bangalore Caravelle	1966 Jan 1 Hyderabad Bombay Caravelle	1966 Jan 1 Bombay Hyderabad Caravelle	1966 Jan 1 Delhi Hyderabad Caravelle	1966 Jan 1 Hyderabad Delhi Caravelle
1966 Jan 1 Hyderabad Madras Caravelle	1966 Jan 1 Madras Hyderabad Caravelle	1966 Jan 1 Calcutta Madras Caravelle	1966 Jan 1 Madras Calcutta Caravelle
1976 Dec 1 Delhi Bombay Airbus A-300	1976 Dec 1 Bombay Calcutta Airbus A-300	1976 Dec 1 Bombay Delhi Airbus A-300	1976 Dec 1 Calcutta Bombay Airbus A-300	1976 Dec 20 Bombay Madras Airbus A-300
1976 Dec 20 Madras Bombay Airbus A-300	1977 Jan 14 Bombay Bangalore Airbus A-300	1977 Jan 14 Bangalore Bombay Airbus A-300	1977 Jan 14 Delhi Calcutta Airbus A-300	1977 Jan 14 Calcutta Delhi Airbus A-300
	1979 Jan 14 Srinagar Leh Boeing 737	1979 Jan 14 Leh Srinagar Boeing 737	1979 Apr 15 Delhi Bangalore Airbus A-300	1979 Apr 15 Bangalore Delhi Airbus A-300
1979 Apr 15 Delhi Hyderabad Airbus A-300	1979 Apr 15 Hyderabad Delhi Airbus A-300	1979 Apr 15 Bangalore Hyderabad Airbus A-300	1979 Apr 15 Hyderabad Bangalore Airbus A-300	2004 Mar 29 Port Blair Chennai Airbus A-320 200 Covers