Tata back in Air India cockpit: A timeline

October 15, 1932: Tata Airlines inaugural service operated on Karachi-Ahmedabad-Bombay route on a de Havilland Puss Moth aircraft flown by JRD Tata.

January 1, 1946: Civil aviation in India is restored to commercial status post World War II.

August 1946: Tata Airlines gets converted into a public company under the name of Air-India.

August 1947: India gains independence from the British rule.

March 8, 1948: Air-India International formally incorporated with 49% capital participation from the Government of India.