Post nationalization, two airline corporations were formed—Air India Corporation for international scheduled operations and Indian Airlines Corporation, primarily for domestic operations and to also serve a few neighbouring countries. Seven existing airlines—Deccan Airways, Bharat Airways, Kalinga Airlines, Himalayan Aviation, Airways-India, Indian National Airways and Air Services of India—were merged with Indian Airlines, while Air India Ltd. (Tata Airlines had become a public limited company on 29 July 1946, and was renamed as Air India Ltd.) became a public corporation and the national
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