And somewhere along the line his creators gave him a distinctive personality: his outsized moustache, the striped turban and his aquiline nose. What began as an attempt as a design for an in-flight memo pad grew to take Air India's sales and promotional messages to millions of travelers across the world. Today, this naughty diminutive Maharajah of Air India has become a world figure. He can be a lover boy in Paris, a sumo wrestler in Tokyo, a pavement artist, a Red Indian, a monk... he can effortlessly flirt with the beauties of the world. And most importantly, he can get away with it all. Simply because he is the Maharajah!
Network
In its ever-growing quest for providing direct services from various points in India, Air India currently operates flights from Mumbai, and 12 other Indian cities, viz. Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow and Thiruvananthapuram. Commencement of international operations from these cities has obviated, to a very large extent, the need for passengers from these regions to necessarily travel to Mumbai and Delhi, the traditional main gateways, for taking international flights. Passengers boarding or deplaning in these cities can now complete their immigration and custom formalities at their city airport, both at the time of departure and arrival.
Code-sharing
Additionally, Air India has increased its market access through code-sharing arrangements with other international carriers. Air India's code share services are now available for:
Europe: Paris - Lyons/Stuttgart/Istanbul/Amsterdam/Berlin; Frankfurt - Denver/Detroit/ Washington/Chicago; Düsseldorf; Geneva; Moscow; Vienna and Zurich;
USA & Canada: Kuala Lumpur - Los Angeles - Kuala Lumpur; Singapore - Los Angeles -Singapore; and Seoul - San Francisco - Seoul; Singapore - San Francisco - Singapore;
Asia Pacific: Bangkok, Bangalore/Hyderabad/Mumbai-Kuala Lumpur; Hyderabad –Singapore - Hyderabad; Kuala Lumpur - Melbourne; Bangkok - Shanghai;
Gulf & Middle-East: Dubai – Chennai - Dubai; Dubai – Kochi - Dubai; Kuwait -Thiruvananthapuram - Kuwait; Kuwait – Chennai - Kuwait; and Kuwait – Kochi -Kuwait; Africa: Mauritius; and Bom/Delhi-Amman. |
