Passenger Baggage

Air-India Baggage Labels Gallery

Air-India issued these decals during the early part of its existence. we can date these starting sometime in the mid-1950s going into the early 1960s. This is possible be observing the airline name as Air-India International on most decals which was dropped in 1962 in favor of Air-India, and the only destinations with the name as Air-India were those serviced from 1960 and earlier.

For more information on the decal design and classification, visit the Air-India Coasters section.

Type 1.1 A
Air-India International narrow border

Type 1.1 B
Air-India International broad border

Rare Type 1.1 B decal with registration errror

Type 1.2 B Geneva decal with printing error. the decal has shifted during printing, and the black colour is not aligned with the other colours. This is the first such error I have seen on these decals.

A Tale of Two Cities
Type 1.1 B Paris Decals

Air-India International decal collectors will be familiar with the Paris decal shown on the left. I chanced upon the rather unusual variation shown on the right. Never seen by me before. Read about this in my blog of May 2017.

Type 1.2 A
Air-India broad border

Other Labels & Stickers

Passenger hand baggage label

Air-India label in original packing made for Air-India Stockholm to Delhi nonstop route

Air-India label in original packing made for Stockholm to Delhi nonstop route

Check in baggage tags and stubs.

Below are examples of special handling tags attached to baggage, as well as regular baggage check-in tags and baggage claim stubs.

Hand Baggage tags

Here we have examples of tags used for hand baggage identification over the years. Since these were more customer facing, you will notice the Maharajah theme re-appear.