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What we compareAir IndiaSpiceJet
Country in archiveIndiaIndia
Founded19322005
FounderJ. R. D. TataAjay Singh
HeadquartersGurugram, Haryana, IndiaGurgaon, Haryana, India
Name originThe airline began in 1932 as Tata Airlines, part of Tata Sons. It became a public limited company named Air India on 29 July 1946, and its name was officially shortened from Air India International to Air India in June 1962. The name is simply the country's name attached to the carrier that became its flag airline.SpiceJet was renamed from ModiLuft after Ajay Singh acquired the company in 2004. The sources used do not explain the choice of name, though the airline names its aircraft after Indian spices, which fits the brand.
HighlightsLockheed Constellation, Boeing 707, Boeing 747-200, Airbus A350-900Boeing 737-800, Bombardier Q400, Boeing 737 MAX 8
Earliest archived brand logo19322005
Latest archived logo20232015
Archived logo assets107

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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