Air-India Collectibles

This website is for the amateur hobbyist, and contains information and image galleries of all kinds of Air-India Memorabilia like Airplane Photographs, Coasters, First Flight Covers, Menu Cards, Posters, Time Tables, and other Collectibles. It is still under construction, and there is a lot more being added, so keep coming back.
Celebrating 70 years of Air-India's services to London that commenced on 8th June 1948.
(Video Courtesy: Mr. Debashis Golder for permission to post this video)
Dharohar – A Voyage through 75 years.
​A wonderful event was organized at the Air India Building, Nariman Point, Mumbai on 27 November 2021. They had organized an exhibition of some of the art and artefacts from their fabulous collection in the ground and first floor of the building. Also on display were many examples of the great work done by the art studio and the publicity department of the airline. They had invited the Minister of Civil Aviation, and the CMD of Air India and other top brass was present along with eminent citizens of the art world and of Mumbai.
Click here to see the blog post.
Fly on my Magic Carpet
by Jahnabee Borah, Mint Lounge, 25 June 2021.
​These days, the ticket to elsewhere lies in tapping through Facebook memories or surfing the internet. And for those filled with nostalgia for days past, there may be little to match airindiacollector.com memory-laden trip of the glory days of India’s first airline. Click here to read full article.
Photo print of the feedback form hand-written by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru addressed to the General Manager of Air-India International after returning from the Bandung Conference on 27th April 1955. This photo print was sent to all the crew members of Air-India who operated the flight to Bandung Conference and back to India.
What's New on our Website
Last 10 updates on this website are listed below. Click each link below to go to the respective web-page.
25 Jan 2022            ​Pseudo Artifacts - Brass made Air-India ashtray
17 Jan 2022            Air-India supported and sponsored event. Booklet for The Paradise Ball, Grand Ballroom in support of                                                        the Sheltering Arms Childrens Service event at The Pierre, March 11, 1976, Music by Bill Harrington. Programme                                      invitation and other details booklet. Interesting, the covers of the booklet has the image  from the Air-India Menu                                    card 1969.
17 Jan 2022           ​Air-India Cotton wool for the ear.
17 Jan 2022            ​Air-India advertisement in French magazine Nouvelles de L'inde No.243, Mensuel, Juillet-Aout 1983. Interestingly                                     in this advertisement the image used by the marketing team is the same as used in same year Air-India                                                    calendar in the September 1983 page
17 Jan 2022            Air-India label in original packing made for Air-India Stockholm to Delhi nonstop route
11 Jan 2022            Air-India advertisement - Air India seems to have sponsored articles on Indian sporting legends in some popular                                    sports magazine around 1984. This could possibly be Sportstar, published by The Hindu since 1978.
11 Jan 2022            Indian Airlines articles - Two articles from The Illustrated weekly of India, December 9, 1973, which candidly                                            report the sorry state of affairs in the airline at the time, and the tough stand taken by the new Chairman,                                                  Air Chief Marshal P. C. Lal in dealing with the situation. 
11 Jan 2022            Air-India International set of 7 picture postcard. Reverse side of the postcard is fully blank. 
07 Jan 2022            India Airlines advertisement - 'With us even time flies', 'With every new aircraft we buy begins an exciting chain                                        reaction that makes flying better for you' and 'The forests echo with the call of the wild.'
07 Jan 2022            Air-India advertisement - 'If you're in game, give me a ring', 'Who's who in Delhi', 'There is no seat quite like mine                                      Air-India Sholavaram Races 5th & 12th February, 84', 'See Moscow while going to London', 'Gavaskar's Idol',                                              'Vengsarkar is in good form these days', 'Sharjah se aaya mera dost, Dost ko salaam karo!', 'Prakash's Shuttle',                                          and 'Ferreira's Hat Trick'.
Recreation of the first Karachi - Ahmedabad - Bombay Flight of Tata Sons Ltd by J. R. D. Tata on the 30th Anniversary.
15 October 1962
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