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.
The Magic of Maharajah. Talk by Mr. Piyush Khaitan at Museum Society of Mumbai Webinar on 3rd August 2021
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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.
1960 Morris Minor Classic Corgi die-cast model car in original box.
Morris Minor car won in small car category surviving 3,000 kms of mountain terrain.
Air-India was the sponsor for the Himalayan Car Rally. Air-India name can been seen in this model car on door and above the both tires.
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.
01 08 2022                 Stationery cover sent from Tata Sonc Ltd., Aviation Department Bombay (BOMBAY G.P.O./4 MAY 40) to De                                                Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd., Herts, England. 28a (double rate Airmail)
01 08 2022                 Indian National Airways stationery cover sent from CIVIL AERODROME DELHI/25 AUG 35 to Debry, England.
01 08 2022                  Bharat Airways Meter franked cover with 18a from Calcutta, India to Long Island , NY, U.S.A. dated 30-XII-1949.
02 07 2022                  Air-India Menu card July 1970, Cover design: HOMEWARDS, Contemporary painting - Oil on canvas                                                            by N.S. Bendre. Printed in India at Tata Press Ltd., Bombay-25
02 07 2022                  Air-India Menu card December 1967, The Maharajah Service, Tokyo-Bombay.
02 07 2022                  Air-India Menu card December 1967, Th Magic Carpet Service, Printed in India at Ahura, Bombay 1.
02 07 2022                  Air-India Menu card March 1967, The Maharajah Service, Printed in India at Ahura, Bombay 1.
02 07 2022                  Air-India Menu card January 1965, The Maharajah Service, Printed in India at UNIFORM Bombay 1.
28 06 2022                  Useful links: Flying to the Emirates: The end of British Overseas Airways Corporation’s service to Dubai and                                               Sharjah in 1947" by Nicholas Stanley-Price.
27 06 2022                  AI timetable - 1st July 1983, 31st August 1968 and 1st January - 31st March 1970.
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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