Mistri Airways
Mistri Airways, later known as Indian Overseas Airlines, is a defunct airline, which was based in India.[1][2]
The airline started operations in 1946 using Douglas DC-3s[3] and later also ordered for a Martin 2-0-2.[4]
The airline was started by one 29-year-old Parsi businessman, Rusi Mistri,[5] who owned his personal Beech D17S.[6]
Mistri Airways operated flights between Mumbay, Nagpur and Calcutta, in addition to charter work.[7] In 1947, it changed its name to Indian Overseas Airlines.[8] In 1949, it also got license to operate flights for air-mail services and also started operating on other routes like Nagpur -Hyderabad -Banglore - Madras and Nagpur- Jabalpur - Allahbad -Kanpur -Lukhnow.[9] The night air mail services' first license was granted to Indian Overseas Airlines but the airline closed by end of year 1950 due to financial problems.[10]
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- ^ Economic History of India: 1857-1956 edited by V. B. Singh. 1975. p. 362.