1971 to 1975 Air-India Boeing 747 & Other Aircraft Era
First Flight Air-India Boeing 747 Bombay-London and Bombay-New York document.
First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - London sector
Flight on 21 May 1971.
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.
This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 21 May 1971.
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
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.
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.
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
Cover flown on the first flight from Bombay to New York on 26 May 1971.
Air-India First Flight Geneva - Dharhan
26 May 1971.
Air-India First Flight cover flown from Geneva to Dharhan on 26 May 1971.
(Image Courtesy: Murali Nair)
First Flight Decca - Delhi - Bombay - London
4 February 1972.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 3 November, 1972.
First Day Cover – 25th anniversary of the Air-India International First Flight
8th June 1973
First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Doha sector
Flight on 1 November 1973.
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
This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 1 November, 1973.
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
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
This is a commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 12 february, 1974.