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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Mistri Airways''', later known as '''Indian Overseas Airlines''', is a defunct airline, which was based in India.<ref>{{cite book|title=Airlines of Asia since 1920|date=1 Aug 1997|publisher=Putnam|pages=565|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=1xD5T8m8Esa4rAf2lunUBg&id=3IhPAAAAMAAJ&dq=ambica+airlines&q=mistri#search_anchor}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Aviation Management: Global Perspectives By K.C. KHURANA|year=2009|pages=295|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ESWo4Zl5g1IC&pg=PA295&dq=ambica+airlines&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JVX4T_7vNczJrAfU3snEBg&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=mistry%20airways&f=false}}</ref><br />
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The airline started operations in 1946 using [[Douglas DC-3]]s<ref>The Aeroplane: Volume 74; Volume 74, 1948. pp 548</ref> and later also ordered for a [[Martin 2-0-2]].<ref>Aviation news: Volume 7; Volume 7 by Robert Hudson Wood, Robert Hudson Wood - 1947</ref><br />
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The airline was started by one 29-year-old [[Parsi]] businessman, [[Rusi Mistri]],<ref>Air transport: Volume 5; Volume 5. 1947. pp 41.</ref> who owned his personal [[Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing|Beech D17S]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Flying Magazine|date=Feb 1971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kJm-NQgrbnQC&pg=PA8&dq=rusi+mistri&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FksJUMO-CcPPrQfr--nHCA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=rusi%20mistri&f=false}}</ref><br />
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Mistri Airways operated flights between [[Mumbai]], [[Nagpur]] and [[Calcutta]], in addition to charter work.<ref>{{cite book|title=Aeroplane and commercial aviation news|year=1948|pages=580|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=xhIJULvxJ4ftrAe168jICA&id=jUoPAAAAIAAJ&dq=mistri+airways&q=mistri#search_anchor}}</ref> In 1947, it changed its name to Indian Overseas Airlines.<ref>{{cite book|title=Aeronautics , Volumes 18-19|year=1947|pages=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=JVX4T_7vNczJrAfU3snEBg&id=V-sfAAAAMAAJ&dq=ambica+airlines&q=mistri#search_anchor}}</ref> In 1949, it also got license to operate flights for air-mail services and also started operating on other routes like Nagpur -[[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] -[[Bangalore]] - [[Madras]] and Nagpur- [[Jabalpur]] - [[Allahbad]] -[[Kanpur]] -[[Lukhnow]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian information , Volume 23|year=1948|publisher=Bureau of the public information of the government of India.|pages=533|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Zg7AQAAIAAJ&q=indian+overseas+airlines&dq=indian+overseas+airlines&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PDsJUM7FOYrprAe7veHICA&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBA}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Economic History of India: 1857-1956 edited by V. B. Singh|year=1975|pages=362|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xeJEXFnGS6AC&pg=PA362&dq=indian+overseas+airlines+closed&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HUAJUMDjK8P3rQee2vTICA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=indian%20overseas%20airlines%20closed&f=false}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Defunct airlines of India]]<br />
[[Category:Airlines established in 1946]]<br />
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 1950]]<br />
[[Category:1946 establishments in India]]</div>->Will Sandberg