• Code: IC
• Name: NACIL National Aviation Company of India Ltd
• Tel: +91 11 24697370 24642311
• Fax: + 91 11 24616328
• E-Mail: helpdesk@indianairlines.sifymail.net
• Foundation: 1953
• Country: India
• Web: http://indian-airlines.nic.in/default.aspx

Profile

Indian Airlines is an airline based in Delhi, India and focuses primarily on domestic routes, along with several international services to neighbouring countries in Asia. Indian Airlines is state-owned, and is administered by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. It is one of the two flag carriers of India, the other being Air India. Its main bases are Indira Gandhi International Airport of Delhi, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport of Mumbai, Anna International Airport of Chennai and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport of Kolkata.

Though the company that owns and operates the airline continues to be named Indian Airlines Limited, on 7 December 2005, the airline was rebranded as Indian Airlines for advertising purposes as a part of a program to revamp its image in preparation for an initial public offering (IPO). The airline operates closely with Air India, India's national carrier. Alliance Air, a fully-owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines, was renamed Air India Regional.
In February 2007, the Government of India approved plans to merge Indian Airlines with Air India.