October 15, 1924, a date that made aviation history. It was on this day,
that the first-ever flight of the Tata Airlines, which went on to
become India's flagship carrier Air India commenced.
The aircraft, a single-engined De Havilland Puss Moth was piloted by J.R.D. Tata and carried air mail from Karachi's Drigh Road Aerodrome to Mumbai's Juhu Airstrip via Ahmedabad. It continued to Madras (now Chennai) via Bellary piloted by South African aviator Nevill Vintcent.
On its inception, Tata Airlines consisted of two planes, namely one Puss Moth aircraft, one Leopard Moth, one whole time pilot assisted by Tata and Vintcent, one part-time engineer and two apprentice-mech. Initial service included weekly airmail service with a Puss Moth aircraft between Karachi and Madras (now Chennai) via Ahmedabad and Bombay (now Mumbai) covering over 1,300 miles.
Tata Airlines flew 160,000 miles, carrying 155 passengers and 10.71 ton of mail in its very first year of operation and launched its longest domestic flight – Bombay to Trivandrum with a six-seater Miles Merlin monoplane the same year. it was re-christened as Tata Air Services and renamed Tata Airlines in 1938.
Tata Airlines became a public limited company on 29 July 1946 under the name Air India post World War II when regular commercial service was restored in India.
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The aircraft, a single-engined De Havilland Puss Moth was piloted by J.R.D. Tata and carried air mail from Karachi's Drigh Road Aerodrome to Mumbai's Juhu Airstrip via Ahmedabad. It continued to Madras (now Chennai) via Bellary piloted by South African aviator Nevill Vintcent.
On its inception, Tata Airlines consisted of two planes, namely one Puss Moth aircraft, one Leopard Moth, one whole time pilot assisted by Tata and Vintcent, one part-time engineer and two apprentice-mech. Initial service included weekly airmail service with a Puss Moth aircraft between Karachi and Madras (now Chennai) via Ahmedabad and Bombay (now Mumbai) covering over 1,300 miles.
Tata Airlines flew 160,000 miles, carrying 155 passengers and 10.71 ton of mail in its very first year of operation and launched its longest domestic flight – Bombay to Trivandrum with a six-seater Miles Merlin monoplane the same year. it was re-christened as Tata Air Services and renamed Tata Airlines in 1938.
Tata Airlines became a public limited company on 29 July 1946 under the name Air India post World War II when regular commercial service was restored in India.
Read news in full 15/10/15 Mid-Day
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