Ambica Airlines

Ambica Airlines
Commenced operations 10 March 1947
Ceased operations December 1949
Operating bases Mumbai, India
Fleet size See below
Destinations Baroda Ahmedabad Bhuj Rajkot Jamnagar Morvi
Parent company Shri Ambica Steam Navigation Company
Headquarters Bombay, Bombay State, India
Key people
  • Haridas Madhavdas
  • Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja Chauhan
  • Vijaysinh Govindji

Ambica Airlines is a defunct airline, which was based at Bombay, India .[1][2]

Ambica Airlines began local services on 10 March 1947. The fleet consisted of DC-3s, with a three Beech 18s and other types. The airline was associated and subsidiary[3] of the Shri Ambica Steam Navigation Company,[4][5][6] a shipping company owned & established by Seth Vijaysinh Govindji & Jagmal Raja Chauhan in 1945.[7][8]

Ambica Airline operated on 944 kilometers route, twice-weekly services Bombay-Vadodara-Ahmedabad and thrice-weekly Bombay-Bhuj-Rajkot-Jamnagar-Morbi route.[1][7] The airline was started by businessman Seth Haridas Madhavdas, Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja Chauhan and Seth Vijaysinh Govindji having its head office at Bombay.[7][9][10]

The airlines closed in the year 1949 due to insufficient traffic and other litigations.[9][11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aeronautics , Volumes 18-19. 1947. pp. 13, 14.
  2. ↑ Economic History of India: 1857-1956 edited by V. B. Singh. 1975. p. 361.
  3. ↑ Aviation Daily, Including International Aviation , Volume 48 Front Cover. American Aviation Publications, Incorporated. 1946.
  4. ↑ Airlines of Asia since 1920. Putnam. 1997. p. 28.
  5. ↑ Aviation Management: Global Perspectives By K.C. KHURANA. 2009. p. 295.
  6. ↑ A history of the world's airlines by Ronald Edward George Davies. Oxford University Press, 1964. pp 391. Another short-lived company was Ambica Airlines Ltd which began local services to points north of Bombay on 10 March 1947. Operating the inevitable DC-3s, with a few Beech 18s and other types, it was associated with the Shri Ambica Steam Navigation..
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Community : A brief History & Glory by Raja Pawan Jethwa. (2007). pp 12 : Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja Chauhan of Nagor, Kutch : Life-sketch
  8. ↑ Our seafaring in the [sic] Indian Ocean by Odayamadath Kunjappa Nambiar, 1975
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jagmal Raja vs Crown - Ambica Airlines
  10. ↑ Asian and Indian Skyways, Volume 2, 1948.pp 43
  11. ↑ Business and government: technical notes and cases by Surinder P. S. Pruthi, Surinder P. S. Pruthi, 1972 Ambica Airlines went into liquidation in 1949 but only after damage to Air Services of India