Air India Limited

Air India Limited
Government-owned
Industry Aviation
Founded 30 March 2007
Headquarters Air India Building, Nariman Point, Mumbai, India
Key people
 Rohit Nandan
(Chairman & MD)[1]
Services
Revenue INR142.551 billion (US$2.3 billion) (2011)[2]
Owner Government of India
Number of employees
 28,085 (2011)
Subsidiaries
  • Hotel Corporation of India Limited
  • Air India Air Transport Services Limited
  • Air India Engineering Services Limited
  • Air India Charters Limited
  • IAL Airport Services Limited
  • Airline Allied Services Limited[3]
Website www.airindia.com

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.[4] The company was renamed as Air India Limited on 26 October 2010.[5] It was incorporated under the Companies Act 1956 on 30 March 2007 and was owned by the Government of India 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 (now called Air India Regional).

Structure

Previous

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

Current

Upon completion of the merger on 26 February 2011 there is now one primary airline, Air India, with two subsidiary carriers providing regional and low-cost, point-to-point services and a third subsidiary for cargo operations:

Air India Limited
Air IndiaAir India ExpressAir India Regional

AIL carriers connect 93 destinations (60 domestic and 33 international) in 24 countries as of February 2011.

References

  1. ↑ "Rohit Nandan New AI Chief". Business Standard. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  2. ↑ Profit & Loss Account for the year ended 31 March 2011
  3. ↑ "AIL Annual Report" (PDF). Civilavaiation.nic.in. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  4. ↑ "NACIL". India.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  5. ↑ "Maharaja gets back old name". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  6. ↑ "Annual Report 2009 (English)" (PDF). Civilaviation.nic.in. Retrieved 2012-10-14.