Tata brings Air India home: Here's the carrier's 90-year journey

Air India returns to Tatas after group puts in winning bid of Rs 18,000 cr

* 1932 – J R D Tata pilots Karachi-Mumbai flight carrying mail, the first such mail service by an Indian company

* 1946 – Tata Airlines became a public company and renamed Air India.

* 1948 -  Air India operates Bombay-London flight using Lockheed Constellation aircraft

* 1952 – Planning Commission recommends merger and nationalization of private airlines

* 1953 – Nine private airlines merged into two – Air India and Indian Airlines. The government agreed to Tata’s demand to keep separate entities for domestic and international operations and appointed him chairman of Air India.

* 1960- Air India receives