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1971 Onward Air-India Boeing 747 & Other Aircraft Era
First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - London sector
Flight on 21 May 1971.
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 21 May 1971.

First Boeing 747 Flight on London - Bombay sector
Flight on 21 May 1971.
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 21 May 1971.
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 21 May 1971.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - London sector
Flight on 21 May 1971

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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the BOMBAY-LONDON-NEWYORK flight on 26 May 1971, Cancelled at BOMBAY, it was originally supposed to be sent on the first flight on the extended BOMBAY-LONDON-NEWYORK sector but instead was sent earlier on 21 May BOMBAY-LONDON inaugural flight.
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Cover issued in Frankfurt on 21 May on the occasion of the arrival of first AIr-India Jumbo Boeing 747.
​Franked with a 5pf German Stamp and tied with Frankfurt AM Main 75 Flughafen cancellation dated 21.5.71.

First Boeing 747 Flight Bombay-London-New York sector
Flight on 26 May 1971.

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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 26 May 1971, cancelled at BOMBAY.

Air-India Boeing 747
First Flight to New York

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Cover flown on the first flight from Bombay to New York on 26 May 1971.

First Flight Decca - Delhi - Bombay - London
4 February 1972.

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Souvenir Air-India Cover franked with newly issued Bangladesh 1 Re stamp, and cancelled at Dacca, addressed to Air-India, London.

First Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet flight from Geneva to Bombay
14 June 1972.

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Souvenir Air-India cover with a handstamp recording the first Air-India Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet flight AI 104 from Geneva to Bombay on 14 June 1972.

Air-India Special Event at Geneva Airport
10 October 1972.

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A commemorative cachet on 20c. Swiss Post Card to celebrate arrival of 3 Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet on the same day of Air-India, BOAC and Swissair. The Air-India flight was on the New York - Geneva - Bombay route.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Osaka sector
Flight on 2 November 1972.

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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 2 November, 1972.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Osaka - Bombay sector
Flight on 3 November 1972.
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 3 November, 1972.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Doha sector
Flight on 1 November 1973.
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 1 November, 1973.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Doha - Bombay sector
Flight on 1 November 1973

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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 1 November, 1973.
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 1 November, 1973.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Muscat sector
Flight on 12 February 1974
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This is a commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 12 february, 1974.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Muscat - Bombay sector
Flight on 12 February 1974
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This is a commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 12 february, 1974.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Sydney sector
Flight on 29 March 1976.
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 29 March, 1976.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Sydney - Bombay sector
Flight on 30 March 1976.
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 30 March, 1976.

First Boeing 707 Flight on Bombay - Baghdad sector
Flight on 6 April 1976.
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 6 April, 1976.

First Boeing 707 Flight on Baghdad - Bombay sector
Flight on 6 April 1976.
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 6 April, 1976.
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 6 April, 1976.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Seychelles Sector
Flight on 25 June 1976
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 25 June, 1976.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Seychelles - BombaySector
Flight on 26 June 1976
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 26 June, 1976.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Dubai Sector
Flight on 4 August 1976

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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 4 August, 1976.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Dubai - Bombay Sector
Flight on 4 August 1976.

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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 4 August, 1976.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Dubai Sector
Flight on 4 August 1976.

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This is the Air Mail cover used for the first flight on 4 August 1976.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Lagos Sector
Flight on 19 December, 1976

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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 19 December, 1976.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Accra Sector
Flight on 19 December 1976

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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 19 December, 1976.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Lagos - Bombay Sector
Flight on 20 December 1976

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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 20 December, 1976.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Accra - Bombay Sector
Flight on 20 December 1976
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 20 December, 1976.

First Boeing 707 Flight on Bombay - Jeddah Sector
Flight on 13 April 1977
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 13 April, 1977.

First Boeing 707 Flight on Jeddah - Bombay Sector
Flight on 13 April 1977
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 13 April, 1977.

First Airbus A-300 flight on the Bombay - Bahrain - Doha - Bombay Sector by Air-India
1 November 1978
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Private cover printed to commemorate the occasion, with India 50 p adhesive tied with postal cancellation mark, Air Terminal, Bombay-29, 1.11.78, and arrival stamp on verso BAHRAIN, 1 NO 78.

First Airbus A-300 flight on the Bahrain - Doha Sector by Air-India
​5 November 1978
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Commemorative Air-India cover issued for the First Flight on 5 November 1978.

First Airbus A-300 flight on the Bahrain - Bombay Sector by Air-India
​5 November 1978
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Commemorative Air-India cover issued for the First Flight on 5 November 1978

First Airbus A-300 flight on the Doha - Bombay Sector by Air-India
​5 November 1978
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Commemorative Air-India cover issued for the First Flight on 5 November 1978

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Ras Al Khaymah Sector
​Flight on 16 November 1978

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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 16 November, 1978.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Ras Al Khaymah - Bombay Sector
Flight on 16 November, 1978.

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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 16 November, 1978.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Delhi - Tokyo Sector
Flight on 1 January 1980

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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 1 January, 1980.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Tokyo Sector
Flight on 1 January, 1980.

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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 1 January, 1980.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Tokyo - Calcutta Sector
Flight on 2 January,1980
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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 2 January, 1980.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Culcutta - Tokyo Sector
Flight on 4 January 1980

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This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 4 January, 1980.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Calcutta - Rome - New York sector
Flight on 7 January 1980
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Cover mailed in Calcutta on 7 January on the first Air-India Jumbo Boeing 747 from Calcutta to Rome. Franked with an Indian stamp and tied with Calcutta GPO cancellation dated 7.1.1980, and arrival stamp at Rome on 9 January 1980 on the reverse.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Calcutta - Europe - America sector
Flight on 7 January 1980
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Cover issued in Calcutta on 7 January on the occasion of the arrival of first Air-India Jumbo Boeing 747. Franked with an Indian stamp and tied with Calcutta GPO cancellation dated 7.1.1980.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Delhi - Tokyo sector
return flight from Tokyo to Delhi, 9 January 1980.
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Cover flown from Tokyo to Delhi cancelled TOKYO, JAPAN, 9 JAN 80.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Lusaka - Bombay sector
Flight on 2 June, 1980.
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This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 2 June, 1980.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Melbourne - Bombay sector
Flight on 5 June, 1980.
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This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 5 June, 1980.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Sharjah - Bombay sector
Flight on 10 March, 1981.
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This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 10 March, 1981.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Sharjah - Bombay sector
Flight on 10 March, 1981.
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This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first return flight on 10 March, 1981.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Amritsar - Birmingham sector
Flight on 3 January, 1982
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This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 3 January, 1982.

Airbus A 300 Delivery Flight
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Cover postmarked Bombay, Air Terminal, 11.8.82, on the arrival flight of Air-India's Airbus A 300.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Montreal sector
Flight on 2 October, 1982
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 2 October, 1982. This cover has a rare red etiquette on top left corner, "Montreal - India, Twice weekly, effective October, 1982; and round violet cachet, "Bombay - Montreal, 2 October 1982."

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Montreal Sector
Flight on 2 October 1982
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This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 2 October, 1982.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Montreal route
Flight on 2 October 1982
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Air Mail cover with the special cancellation issued by the Philatelic Bureau, Bombay G.P.O. on 2 October 1982 to commemorate this flight. It appears unlikely that this cover was actually carried on board.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Montreal Sector
Flight on 2 October 1982
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This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 2 October, 1982.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Montreal - Bombay Sector
Flight on 2 October 1982
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This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first return flight on 2 October, 1982.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Sana's Sector
Flight on 2 April 1983
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 2 April, 1983.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Sana's - Bombay Sector
Flight on 2 April 1983
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 2 April, 1983.

Air-India First Boeing 707
Flight on Bombay - Sana's Sector
2 April 1983

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Foreign Air Letter with additional franking of the Indian Airlines Airbus A-320 aircraft cancelled with the Bombay Philatelic Bureau special cancellation mark used for the flight on 2 April 1983. On the reverse is the faint arrival mark at Sana's dated 2 April '83.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Toronto Sector
Flight on 19 January, 1985
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 19 January, 1985.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Toronto - Bombay Sector
Flight on 19 January, 1985
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 19 January, 1985.

Goodwill Air Mail - Adelaide to New Delhi on Air-India
17 January 1989
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Souvenir cover with mixed franking sent by the Australian Air Mail Society. Australia 60c. Tied with Adelaide 17 Jan 1989 and India 60p. Tied with New Delhi 20 Jan 89 special postal cancellation marks.

Goodwill Air Mail - Adelaide to New Delhi on Air-India
17 January 1989
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Souvenir cover with mixed franking sent by the Australian Air Mail Society. Australia 60c. Tied with Adelaide 17 Jan 1989 and India 60p. Tied with New Delhi 20 Jan 89 special postal cancellation marks.

First Boeing 747 Non-Stop Flight on New York - Delhi Sector
Flight on 14 August 1993
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 14 August, 1993..

First Boeing 747 Non-Stop Flight on Bombay - Durban - Johannesburg Sector
Flight on 2 October 1993
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 2 October, 1993..

First Boeing 747 Non-Stop Flight on Johannesburg - Durban - Bombay Sector
Flight on 3 October 1993
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 3 October, 1993.

First Boeing 747 Flight on Seoul - Mumbai Sector
Flight on 5 July 1997

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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 5 July, 1997.

Air-India First Flight Mumbai - Shanghai
11 December 2003
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Special Air-India cover produced to commemorative the first Mumbai - Shanghai flight with the special cancellation mark produced for the occasion.

Air-India First Flight Mumbai - Frankfurt - Los Angeles
11 June 2004

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Air-India cover flown on the first flight with a special departure cachet used for the occasion.

Special Air-India flight for the Turin Winter Olympics Games - 30 January 2006
Mumbai - Turin
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Card with special cachet OLYMPIC TEAM FLIGHT OF INDIA TO TURIN 2006 MUMBAI - ZURICH - TURIN 30.1.2006, and has the Olympic RIngs, Swiss and Air-India logos.

Air-India First non-stop return flight.
New York - Mumbai

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Commemorative cover produced for the first Air-india non-stop return flight New York to Mumbai on 1 August 2007.

First Boeing 777 - 200 Non-Stop Flight on Mumbai - New York Sector
Flight on 1 August 2007
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 1 August, 2007.

First Boeing 777 - 200 Non-Stop Flight on Mumbai - New York Sector
Flight on 1 August 2007
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 1 August, 2007.

First Boeing 777 - 200 Non-Stop Flight on Mumbai - New York Sector
Flight on 1 August 2007
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 1 August, 2007.

First Boeing 777 - 200 Non-Stop Flight on Mumbai - New York Sector
Flight on 1 August 2007
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 1 August, 2007.

First Boeing 777 - 200 Non-Stop Flight on Mumbai - New York Sector
Flight on 1 August 2007
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 1 August, 2007.

First Boeing 737-200 Air-India Freighter Service Flight on Kolkata - Guhawati Sector
Flight on 29 August 2007
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first direct flight on 29 August, 2007.

First Boeing 737-200 Air-India Freighter Service Flight on Kolkata - Guhawati Sector
Flight on 29 August 2007
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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first direct flight on 29 August, 2007.

Special Olympic Flight on Mumbai - Beijing Sector
Flight on 29 July 2008

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This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the special Olympic flight on 29 July, 2008.
The flight carried the Indian Olympic contingent from Mumbai to Beijing for the Olympic Games, 2008.
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