Taking pride in being the oldest airline in the country, this national air carrier has its beginning in 1932 as Tata Airlines owned by Tata Sons Limited. It flew its maiden flight in the same year connecting Bombay and Colombo transporting mails. However, the airline was taken over by the government in 1948 and since then it has been the flag carrier of the country.

In 1953, the domestic aviation industry was nationalized and Air India went into changes by becoming Air India International Limited with Air India Regional and Air India taking care of the domestic and international flight services respectively. By then, it has expanded its network to cover as many as 101 destinations, out of which 66 are within the country covering most of the major cities.

Air India has its major operating hubs situated at the Chatrapati Sivaji International Airport in Mumbai and Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi and the secondary hubs in Kolkata and Chennai. Its aircraft are mostly Airbus and Boeing of about 110 in number.

Air India Flights Services and Facilities

As for the domestic destination, the airline has flight services to most of the important cities. Its flights are scheduled daily and weekly from all the major cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, and Kolkata to Coimbatore, Srinagar, Bhopal, Goa, Mangalore, Kochi, Kozhikode, Varanasi, Ranchi, Tiruchirapalli, Guwahati, and more. You can check for the Air India flight schedule to get complete details of flight timings.

Travelers can fly any of the travel classes like the First Class, Executive Class and Economy Class, wherein they can enjoy traveling in the seats reclining to 180 degree, soothing interiors and world-class meals.

Booking Air India Flight Tickets

The flight tickets for Air India can be booked easily online through its official website, which has various options like the Plan & Book, Manage Booking, and more. On clicking the option Plan & Book, you can search for the flights operating between your desired routes and get the list of flights with the Air India airlines ticket price and timings. For the purpose, you have to provide your starting and destination cities, number of passengers proposed to travel, depart and return dates, date of journey and travel class.

Once you have chosen your suitable flight, you are lead to fill in the passenger details and make the payment. Making Air India online booking can help you avail great deals and discounts like free tickets for infants and children up to certain age, upgrading of seat, and free lounge facility.

Other Facilities and Services Offered by Air India

It is important to keep the customers updated with the information of flights and Air India does it with successfully through online and offline.

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Other than the flight and seat availability, passengers are mostly concerned with the details about real-time arrival and departure of the flights. One can check the Air India flight status conveniently online by choosing the Flight status option and filling it with the flight number, flight operator and date to get complete details.

You can also find such details on the mobile phone by downloading the mobile app and registering your name.