Air India

Air India is the flag carrier and largest airline of India.

= History =

Air India in British Columbia
Air India's service between Delhi and Vancouver was inaugurated in 1973 and has continued uninterrupted ever since.

Planning of the bombing of Air India Flight 182 in 1985 took place primarily in Vancouver, although the flight itself was a Toronto–London–Delhi service. The investigations ran for over a decade, and it was only in 2003 that three Sikhs of British Columbian citizenship – Ripudaman Singh Malik, Inderjit Singh Reyat, and Ajaib Singh Bagri – were finally put on trial; Reyat pled guilty to a charge of manslaughter for assembling the bombs, but the other two were acquitted.

= Fleet =

Current

 * Airbus A319-100
 * Airbus A320-200 To be retired; six to be converted into AEW&C for the Indian Air Force.
 * Airbus A320neo Replacing A320-200.
 * Airbus A321-200
 * Boeing 747-400 Being replaced by Boeing 777-300ER.
 * Boeing 777-200LR
 * Boeing 777-300ER
 * Boeing 787-8

Historic

 * Airbus A300B4-200 (1982–2002)
 * Airbus A310-300 (1986–2012) Converted into freighters and transferred to Air India Cargo.
 * Airbus A330-200 (2008–2015)
 * Boeing 707-320B (1962–1989)
 * Boeing 707-320C (1964–1990)
 * Boeing 707-420 (1966–1995)
 * Boeing 737-200 (2007–2011)
 * Boeing 747-100 (1970–1971) Two leased until delivery of 747-200B.
 * Boeing 747-200B (1971–2003) One destroyed by bomb as Flight AI182 in 1985.
 * Boeing 747-300 (2005–2007)
 * Boeing 747-300M (1988–2008)
 * Boeing 747-400M (2005–2008)
 * Boeing 767-300ER (2006–2008)
 * Boeing 777-200 (2006–2010)
 * De Havilland Comet 4 (1958–1973)
 * De Havilland Dragon Rapide (1930s–1940s)
 * De Havilland Fox Moth (1930s)
 * De Havilland Puss Moth (1929–1932)
 * Douglas DC-2 (1934–1940)
 * Douglas DC-3 (1936–1976)
 * Douglas DC-4 (1948–1973)
 * Douglas DC-8-60F (1977–1988)
 * Douglas DC-8-70F (1983–1995)
 * Ilyushin Il-62M (1989–1998)
 * Lockheed L-749 Constellation (1951–1972)
 * Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (1956–1977)
 * Percival Petrel (1930s)
 * Vickers VC.1 Viking (1947–1965)

= Routes = Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within India.