| 2008 |
| Month |
Date |
Event |
| January |
2 |
Air India receives its 4th Boeing 777-200LR aircraft, christened Gujarat. |
| February |
8 |
Air India introduces Delhi-New York NonStop with Boeing 777-200 LRs. |
| February |
16 |
Air India links Delhi-Jabalpur with ATR 42 aircraft. |
| March |
3 |
Air India receives its 5th Boeing 777-200LR aircraft, christened Haryana. |
| March |
19 |
Air India voted Most Preferred Domestic Airline and wins 'Mera Brand' Award. |
| March |
30 |
In-flight entertainment on all ten flights operated by A 319/ 321 aircraft on the Delhi-Mumbai sector. |
| March |
30 |
AI summer schedule introduces direct Delhi-Shanghai flight omitting Bangkok. Bangalore linked to Dubai. |
| April |
1 |
Mr Raghu Menon, IAS, takes over as CMD, Air India. |
| May |
24 |
New Bangalore International Airport opens with Air India operating the first flight, IC 957 to Singapore. |
| May |
26 |
Air India wins Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Gold Award for the third time. |
| May |
30 |
Central Training Establishment, Hyderabad conducts maiden Type Rating exam for Pilots. |
| June |
1 |
Air India is 100% e-ticketing compliant. |
| June |
4 |
Air India receives its fourth Boeing 777-300 ER, Himachal Pradesh. |
| June |
5 |
Air India Express starts flights from Hyderabad to Dubai. |
| June |
17 |
Air India receives its eighth Airbus A 321 aircraft. |
| June |
20 |
Air India Express receives its 12th owned 737-800 aircraft. |
| June |
24 |
Members of the victorious 1983 World Cup Cricket team travelled on AI 111 to London on the B777-300ER, Goa to relive historic moments of 1983. |
| July |
3 |
Air India receives its ninth Airbus A 321 aircraft. |
| July |
13 |
Air India receives its fifth Boeing 777-300 ER, Jammu and Kashmir. The aircraft arrives in Farnborough from Seattle. |
| July |
14-19 |
Boeing 777-300 ER, Jammu and Kashmir, showcased at the Farnborough International Air show, UK. |
| July |
14 |
Air India Express links Kozhikode and Kochi with Kuwait. |
| July |
17 |
Air India Express links Mangalore to Kuwait. |
| July |
20 |
Air India Express starts flights from Mumbai to Dacca. |
| July |
20 |
Air India Express commences flights linking Dacca-Kolkata-Bangkok. |
| July |
21 |
Air India Express links Dacca-Kolkata-Singapore. |
| July |
27 |
Air India Express operated IX 662/ 661 on the Chennai-Singapore-Chennai sector with all women crew. Capt Chameli Krottapalli, the first lady commander of Air India Express was in command. |
| July |
30 |
Air India Express receives its 13th owned 737-800 aircraft. |
| August |
21 |
Air India's Boeing 777-300 ER, Chhattisgarh , was the first aircraft to land on and inaugurate the third runway at IGI Airport, Delhi. |
| August |
26 |
Air India receives its 10th Airbus A 321 aircraft. |
| August |
27 |
Long Service Mementoes presented to employees for completion of 25 years of service, the first time following the merger. |
| August |
29 |
Air Indians Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Cricketer and Ms Avneet Kaur Sidhu, Shooter, receive Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award respectively. |
| September |
14 |
Air India's Hindi magazine, Vimanika, awarded the second prize in the category, Best House Journal of PSUs/ Undertakings. |
| September |
19 |
Air India signs USD 550 million financing arrangement with US Exim Bank for financing eight Boeing aircraft. |
| October |
9 |
Air India receives the TTG Travel Award for the Best South Asian Airline of the Year for the third successive year. |
| October |
15-18 |
Air India plays a pivotal role in the staging of India's first ever Civil Aviation exposition, India Aviation 2008, at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad. Air India showcased its Boeing 777-300 ER and Airbus A 319 at the event. |
| October |
15 |
Air India received its 7th Airbus A319 aircraft during the India Aviation 2008 at Hyderabad. The aircraft flew in straight from Hamburg. |
| October |
16 |
About 500 copies of Viridh Shri Guru Granth Sahibji were flown in from London to Delhi by AI 112.Utmost care was taken care of the Holy Scriptures. Thirty-two sewadars also flew in on the flight. |
| October |
16 |
Air India signs MRO deal with EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) for creation of a maintenance, repair and overhaul centre for Airbus aircraft to be based at Delhi. |
| November |
12 |
Air India introduces the Aurangabad-Jeddah Haj flight. This was also the first flight to take off from the new terminal building at Aurangabad airport, inaugurated, earlier, the same day. |
| December |
10 |
Air India won the Galileo Express TravelWorld Award 2008, for the Best Short- Haul International Airline from India. |
