found: Its Report, 1954/55-
found: Its Annual report for the period ended ... 28th Feb., 1994:t.p. (Air-India; Eara-Iṇḍiyā) p. 1 (Air-India Corporation renamed as Air-India Limited with effect from 1 Mar., 1994)
found: Website of Air India, viewed Nov. 6, 2006:history (Tata Air Lines converted into a public company and renamed Air India Limited)
found: Information from 678 field, converted Oct. 20, 2014(formed 1953)
found: Wikipedia, May 6, 2022(after World War II, regular commercial service was restored in India and Tata Airlines became a public limited company on 29 July 1946 under the name Air India; after Indian independence in 1947, 49% of the airline was acquired by the Government of India in 1948; its first international flight was from Bombay to London on 8 June 1948; from 1948 to 1950 the airline introduced services to Nairobi, Rome, Paris and Düsseldorf; in 1953 the Government of India passed the Air Corporations Act and purchased a majority stake in the carrier from Tata Sons, though founder J. R. D. Tata continued as Chairman until 1977; the company was renamed Air India International Limited, and domestic services were transferred to Indian Airlines; in 2007 Air India and Indian Airlines were merged under Air India Limited; in late 2019 the Government decided to sell 100% share of the airline; on 27 January 2022 the airline was officially handed over to Tata Group, thus being re-privatized)
