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Air India is India's state owned airline. Its IATA designator is AI. It operates out of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India and Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India to destinations worldwide.
It was founded by J. R. D. Tata in 1932 as Tata Airlines, which was renamed Air India in 1946. Air India was nationalized in 1953.
Air India is a flag carrier of India which prides itself in its unique livery.
Air India Flight 182 was blown up by Sikh nationalists on 23 June 1985. It was on its second leg on its Toronto-Montreal-London-Delhi-Mumbai flight when it exploded off the coast of Ireland. Everyone on board died.
In recent years there have been talks about re-privatizing Air India.