Indian Airlines Limited or Indian (इंडियन एयरलाइंस or इंडियन) was India's state owned primarily domestic airline, under the federal Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and based in New Delhi. Its main bases were the international airports in Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and New Delhi. It has now been merged with Air India for corporate purposes, though for now, continues to issue its own tickets.
On December 7 2005, the company was rebranded as Indian or इंडियन for advertising purposes as a part of a program to revamp the company image in preparation for an IPO. The airline operated closely with Air India, India's national flag carrier. Alliance Air was a fully owned subsidiary of Indian.
On 22 February 2007, a Group of Ministers (GoM) has approved the merger of state-owned carriers, Air India and Indian (Indian Airlines Ltd). On 13 June 2007, an estimated 15,000 ground staff and cabin crew of the Indian went on a nation-wide strike demanding payment of wage arrears.
