I remember in 1960 I used to visit London frequently and the cynosure of all eyes was the big boarding of Air India at the Piccadilly Square with “Maharaja” emblazoned in bold. The Air India helmed by JRD Tata was then a premier airline of the world with the first Boeing 707 flight in Asia.
It had started off as Tata Airlines in 1932. Now after 99 years, from 1932 to 2021, it’s come a full circle to the Tatas.
Once when I was going to London on Boeing 707, with my seat in the third row from the front, I saw JRD Tata across the aisle in the fourth row. Those days there were only two sections — economy and first class, there was no business class.
