AirAsia India unveils aircraft with JRD Tata livery Saturday March 21,2015

 

AirAsia India today Saturday March 21,2015 unveiled its fourth aircraft with a livery dedicated to JRD Tata as a mark of respect to the pioneer of civil aviation in the Indian sub-continent.

The aircraft has been christened as 'The Pioneer'.

The livery of AirAsia India’s fourth aircraft dons an image of JRD Tata with a Puss Moth, the aircraft he flew on October 15, 1932, leading to the birth of Tata Airlines and starting civil aviation in the sub-continent.

The unveiling was done by Mittu Chandilya, CEO, AirAsia India; Tony Fernandes, Group Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia; S Ramadorai, Non-Executive Chairman of AirAsia India, and Ratan N Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, at GMR Aero Technic MRO Hanger,Hyderabad