Government-owned carrier Air India has painted two of its aircraft with the logo of Mahatma Gandhi who is known as Father of the nation. His logo was embossed on the airline to mark his 150th birth anniversary.
Gandhi played a pivotal role in India¡¯s freedom struggle as well as development of its constitution. His non-violent practice and promotion of self-reliance and sustainability made him popular all over the world.
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IANS reported that at present only two aircraft had been painted with his logo and soon the entire fleet of 163 aircraft would also boast Mahatma¡¯s symbol. The iconic logo is colored in red and white and depicts the traditional ¡®charkha¡¯ that forms ¡®0¡¯ in the number 150. On the left hand side, Gandhi could be seen standing with his stick and the stick forms number ¡®1¡¯ of 150.
The logo was embossed on Air India's Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft last week. Both the flights have been operational on both domestic and international routes. In the next three months, all aircraft belonging to Air India, Alliance Air and Air India Express will be inducted with this logo.
The symbol has been inducted on the left side of the fuselage. It takes about 5-hours to get the logo embossed on an aircraft. After that it is thrust back into service.
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Speaking to IANS, an Air India official said, "We will also unveil the logo on one of the Airbus aircraft during the upcoming Aero India Show to be held in February in Bengaluru."
Not only this but the airline also plans to play Gandhiji's favourite bhajans on its flights apart from short videos on his journey on international flights. The government also plans to have Gandhiji's pictures on trains, metro rail, and State roadways buses.
Meanwhile, Times of India reported that Air India had got a clearance from DGCA for using medium-range dreamliner, non-stop flight to Caribbean. The aviation regulator nod¡¯s comes a day after there were speculations abuzz that India was going to get hold of a high-profile fugitive though there was no official confirmation.