Father of Civil Aviation in India is J.R.D Tata. India's first licensed pilot is also J.R.D Tata (1929). JRD Tata was the first to make a solo flight and it was from Bombay to Karachi in 1931.
India's first commercial airline is Tata Airlines. Tata Airlines was founded by: J.R.D.Tata (1932). Tata Airlines renamed as Air India in 1946.
The first air transport in India started in 1911. The Indian history of Civil Aviation started in December 1912, with the establishment of the first domestic air route in between Karachi and Delhi.
Indian Aviation was nationalised in 1953 August 1. India's first Aircraft, Harlow trainer made its first test flight in July 1941.
India's civil helicopter services started in 1953.
First Indian woman to get a pilot's license: Urmila K. Parikh. (1932)
First woman commercial pilot is Prem Mathur (1948, Deccan Airways). She obtained her license in 1947.
India's first green field airport is Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad).
The first green field airport to be constructed in the North Eastern region of India is Pakyong Airport (Sikkim).
The first airport in Sikkim is Pakyong Airport.
State having maximum number of international airport in India is Kerala (4).
State having maximum number of airport in India is Gujarat.
First woman pilot of Indian Airlines is Durba Banerjee (1956)
The first Woman IAF Officer to fly in a Combat Zone is Gunjan Saxena.
Vayudoot Airlines started operation in the year, 1981. After 1992-93, Vayudoot has been merged with Indian Airlines. Vayudoot's operations were fully stopped in 1997.
Captain Saudamini Deshmukh commanded the first Boeing having all women crew flight on September 1989 on the Mumbai - Goa sector.
Youngest pilot in civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft is Captain Nivedita Bhasin
Air Mail service operated from Karachi to Mumbai is in 1920.
International Airports Authority of India (IAAI) was set up in 1972.
National Airport Authority of India (NAAI) was set up in 1986.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) was established on 1st April 1995 by integrating the IAAI and the NAAI.
Airports Authority of India's four training institutions are as follows: (1) Civil Aviation Training College in Allahabad. (2) National Institute of Aviation Management and Research in Delhi. (3) Fire Training Centres in Delhi & Kolkata .
Amritsar airport is called Raja Sansi Airport.
Port Blair airport has been renamed as Veer Savarkar Airport
Dum Dum Airport (Calcutta) is renamed as Subhash Chandra Bose Airport.
Mumbai domestic airport (Santa Cruz Airport) is now known as Jawaharlal Nehru Air port.
Highest Airport in India is Leh Airport in Ladakh. (Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe Airport).
The most busiest airport in India is Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.
Airport in India having longest runway is Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.
First Private Air Port in India is Nedumbassery Airport in Kerala.
Air India and Indian (formerly Indian Airlines) merged to form National Aviation Company of India Ltd (Air India) on 27 August 2007. After the merger the new entity is known as Air India while its mascot is retained as Maharajah
The Headquarters of Air India is at Mumbai.
The Headquarters of Air India Express is at Kochi.
Air port Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has been established on 12 May 2009.
National Flying Training Institute Private Limited is located at Gondia in Maharashtra.
National Institute of Aviation Management and Research (NIAMAR) is situated in Delhi
Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited is the public sector helicopter company of Government of India. It was established on October 15, 1985 as a Corporation. It has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification and is the first aviation company in India to achieve the same.
The policy that allowed air taxi operators to operate flights from any airport, both on a charter and non charter basis is Open Sky Policy (1990).
India's largest aerospace firm is Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL)
National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) is located at Bangalore. It is India's second largest aerospace firm after Hindustan Aeronautics.
Jet Airways, lndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir, Air India, Air-India Express, Air India Regional, Jagson Airlines, Skyjet Airlines, Air Pegasus, Air Asia India etc are the airline companies of India.
India's Tata Group and Singapore Airlines jointly have constituted a public limited company on November 4, 2013 with the name 'Tata SIA Airlines Limited' with the aim of promoting air services on domestic as well as an international routes.
IATA is International Air Transport Association. The Headquarters of IATA is at Montreal (Canada). IATA is a trade association of the airports of World's Airlines. The airport code for airports around the world is defined by IATA.
MAJOR AIRPORTS IN INDIA
Indira Gandhi International Airport - New Delhi
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport - Lucknow
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport - Guwahati
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - Hyderabad
Sardar Patel International Airport - Ahmedabad
Bajpe International Airport - Mangalore
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport - Mumbai
Raja Sansi Airport - Amritsar
Veer Savarkar International Airport - Port Blair
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Airport - Nagpur
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport - Kolkata
Zero Airport - Arunachal Pradesh
Sri Sathya Sai Airport - Puttaparthi
Loknayak Jayaprakash Airport - Patna
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport - Leh
Umroi Airport - Meghalaya
Tulihal Airport - Manipur
Bisra Munda Airport - Ranchi
Dabolin Airport -Goa
Biju Patnaik Airport - Bhubaneswar
Jolly Grant Airport - Dehradun
Maharana Prathap Airport – Udaipur
Swami Vivekananda International Airport – Raipur
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport – Varanasi (UP)
