History of Indian civil aviation industry Archives

The Maharaja is back: How the national carrier flew back home to Tata’s Bombay House after 68 years

by Global Indian | Oct 12, 2021

(October 12, 2021) Eighty nine years ago when JRD Tata first launched Tata Airlines in October 1932, he created history. He was India’s first licensed commercial pilot and the launch of the airline had given birth to the Indian civil aviation industry. By 1946, the...