1976 Onward Air-India Boeing 747 & Other Aircraft Era

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Sydney sector
Flight on 29 March 1976.

This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 29 March, 1976.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Sydney - Bombay sector
Flight on 30 March 1976.

This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 30 March, 1976.

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First Boeing 707 Flight on Bombay - Baghdad sector
Flight on 6 April 1976.

This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 6 April, 1976.

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First Boeing 707 Flight on Baghdad - Bombay sector
Flight on 6 April 1976.

This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 6 April, 1976.

This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 6 April, 1976.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Seychelles Sector
Flight on 25 June 1976

This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 25 June, 1976.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Seychelles - BombaySector
Flight on 26 June 1976

This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 26 June, 1976.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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First Boeing 707 Flight on Bombay - Jeddah Sector
Flight on 13 April 1977

This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 13 April, 1977.

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First Boeing 707 Flight on Jeddah - Bombay Sector
Flight on 13 April 1977

This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 13 April, 1977.

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First Airbus A-300 flight on the Bombay - Bahrain - Doha - Bombay Sector by Air-India
1 November 1978

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.

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First Airbus A-300 flight on the Bahrain - Doha Sector by Air-India
​5 November 1978

Commemorative Air-India cover issued for the First Flight on 5 November 1978.

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First Airbus A-300 flight on the Bahrain - Bombay Sector by Air-India
​5 November 1978

Commemorative Air-India cover issued for the First Flight on 5 November 1978

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First Airbus A-300 flight on the Doha - Bombay Sector by Air-India
​5 November 1978

Commemorative Air-India cover issued for the First Flight on 5 November 1978

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Tokyo - Calcutta Sector
Flight on 2 January,1980

This is commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 2 January, 1980.

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

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

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Calcutta - Rome - New York sector
Flight on 7 January 1980

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.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Calcutta - Europe - America sector
Flight on 7 January 1980

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.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Delhi - Tokyo sector
return flight from Tokyo to Delhi, 9 January 1980.

Cover flown from Tokyo to Delhi cancelled TOKYO, JAPAN, 9 JAN 80.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Lusaka - Bombay sector
Flight on 2 June, 1980.

This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 2 June, 1980.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Melbourne - Bombay sector
Flight on 5 June, 1980.

This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 5 June, 1980.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Sharjah - Bombay sector
Flight on 10 March, 1981.

This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 10 March, 1981.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Sharjah - Bombay sector
Flight on 10 March, 1981.

This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first return flight on 10 March, 1981.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Amritsar - Birmingham sector
Flight on 3 January, 1982

This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 3 January, 1982.

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Airbus A 300 Delivery Flight

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

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Montreal sector
Flight on 2 October, 1982

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."

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Montreal Sector
Flight on 2 October 1982

This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 2 October, 1982.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Montreal route
Flight on 2 October 1982

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.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Montreal Sector
Flight on 2 October 1982

This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first flight on 2 October, 1982.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Montreal - Bombay Sector
Flight on 2 October 1982

This is the commemorative Air-India special cover issued for the first return flight on 2 October, 1982.

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50th Anniversary of Air-India, Commemorative flight from Karachi to Bombay
De Havilland vintage airplane, 15th October 1982

Official First Day cover to commemorate the 50 Years of Civil Aviation signed by 'JRD Tata 15.10.82'. 

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Souvenir cover carried on flight piloted by J.R.D. Tata on a flight to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the airline. Indian Postal department produced cover.

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On 50th anniversary of the Indian Civil Aviation, A souvenir cover issued by Indian Postal department. Cover having appreciation letter, sent by Chairman cum Managing Director Mr. Raghu Raj to Mrs. S.R. Manerikar, Account Department, Santacruz. 

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Sana's Sector
Flight on 2 April 1983

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 2 April, 1983.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Sana's - Bombay Sector
Flight on 2 April 1983

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 2 April, 1983.

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

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.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Bombay - Toronto Sector
Flight on 19 January, 1985

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 19 January, 1985.

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First Boeing 747 Flight on Toronto - Bombay Sector
Flight on 19 January, 1985

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 19 January, 1985.

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Goodwill Air Mail - Adelaide to New Delhi on Air-India
17 January 1989

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.

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Goodwill Air Mail - Adelaide to New Delhi on Air-India
17 January 1989

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.

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First Boeing 747 Non-Stop Flight on New York - Delhi Sector
Flight on 14 August 1993

Special cover prepared by Air-India to record the arrival of the Boeing 747-400 by a non-stop flight from New York to New Delhi on 14 August 1993. This was the first of the long range jets acquired by the airline, which were also fitted with sky phone services via satellite for the first time.
 
Uncommon large round New York postal cancellation in violet.

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 14 August, 1993..

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First Boeing 747 Non-Stop Flight on Bombay - Durban - Johannesburg Sector
Flight on 2 October 1993

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first flight on 2 October, 1993..

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First Boeing 747 Non-Stop Flight on Johannesburg - Durban - Bombay Sector
Flight on 3 October 1993

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first return flight on 3 October, 1993.

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

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

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Air-India First Flight Mumbai - Shanghai
11 December 2003

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

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

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

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Special Air-India flight for the Turin Winter Olympics Games - 30 January 2006
Mumbai - Turin

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.

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

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

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First Boeing 777 - 200 Non-Stop Flight on Mumbai - New York Sector
Flight on 1 August 2007

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 1 August, 2007.

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First Boeing 777 - 200 Non-Stop Flight on Mumbai - New York Sector
Flight on 1 August 2007

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 1 August, 2007.

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First Boeing 777 - 200 Non-Stop Flight on Mumbai - New York Sector
Flight on 1 August 2007

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 1 August, 2007.

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First Boeing 777 - 200 Non-Stop Flight on Mumbai - New York Sector
Flight on 1 August 2007

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 1 August, 2007.

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First Boeing 777 - 200 Non-Stop Flight on Mumbai - New York Sector
Flight on 1 August 2007

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first non-stop flight on 1 August, 2007.

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First Boeing 737-200 Air-India Freighter Service Flight on Kolkata - Guhawati Sector
Flight on 29 August 2007

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first direct flight on 29 August, 2007.

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First Boeing 737-200 Air-India Freighter Service Flight on Kolkata - Guhawati Sector
Flight on 29 August 2007

This is the commemorative Air-India cover issued for the first direct flight on 29 August, 2007.

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

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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First Day Launch of India Post Freighter
12th October 2009

Souvenir cover of the Air-India / India Post freighter service, and bearing postal cancellations on the front at KOLKATA

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Souvenir cover of the Air-India / India Post freighter service, and bearing four postal cancellations on the front at BANGALORE, BOMBAY, NEW DELHI & GUWAHATI, all dated 12 October 2009.

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Cover released by the postal department to commemorate the event

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Special cover produced by Department of Posts, India to commemorate the First Air-India International Flight from Indore
​on 15th July 2019.

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Air India – Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
First Flight from Mumbai to Nairobi
27 November 2019

Air India (AI 903) – Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
First International Flight from Indore
15th July 2019

Privately produced cover by Murali Nair (with co-operation of Air India) signed by pilot. Only 10 flown.
​(Courtesy: www.air-india-first-flight-covers.com, Please visit this website to know more about the beautiful collection of Air-India memorabilia's) 

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Air India – Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
First Flight from Nairobi to Mumbai
29 November 2019

Privately produced cover by Murali Nair (with co-operation of Air India). Only 10 flown.
​​(Courtesy: www.air-india-first-flight-covers.com, Please visit this website to know more about the beautiful collection of Air-India memorabilia's) 

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Air-India First Flight Mumbai to Doha on 21st February 2020

Air-India First Flight Mumbai to Doha.
Air-India 969, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, 21st February 2020.
Cover sent from Mumbai, India  to Doha, Qatar.
​Signed by pilot, Capt. Deepak Dutta. Private cover produced by Mr. Murali Nair. (30 flown )

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Air-India First Flight from Doha to Mumbai on 21st February 2020

Air-India First Flight Doha to Mumbai.
Air-India 969, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, 21st February 2020.
Cover sent from Doha, Qatar to Mumbai, India.
Signed by pilot, Capt. Deepak Dutta. Private cover produced by Mr. Murali Nair. (30 flown )​

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Alliance Air (A subsidiary of Air India)
First Flight from Mysuru to Mangaluru
11 December 2020

Special cover issued to commemorate the flight and meter franked at Mysuru with a Philatelic Bureau cachet. Signed by carrier.

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Special cover issued to commemorate the flight and cancelled at Mysuru with a Philatelic Bureau cachet. Signed by carrier.

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Alliance Air (A subsidiary of Air India)
First Flight from Mangaluru to Mysuru
11 December 2020

Special cover issued to commemorate the flight and meter franked at Bajpe airport, Mangaluru with a Philatelic Bureau cachet. Signed by carrier.

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Special cover issued to commemorate the flight and cancelled at Bajpe airport, Mangaluru with a Philatelic Bureau cachet. Signed by carrier.

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Air India non-stop flight from Bengaluru to San Francisco 11 January 2021

Private cover (Sushil Mehra) designed to celebrate the occasion of this all-woman crew flight. Does not appear to be a flown cover.

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Air India non-stop flight from Delhi  to Vienna 18 Feb 2023

Tata - Air-India Special cover to celebrate the 1st direct flight from Delhi to Vienna. Not flown on first flight.

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Air India non-stop return flight from Vienna to Delhi 18 Feb 2023

Tata - Air-India Special cover to celebrate the 1st return direct flight from Vienna to Delhi. Not flown on first flight.