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'''Ambica Airlines''' is a defunct [[airline]], which was based at [[Bombay]], [[India]] .<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Aeronautics , Volumes 18–19|year=1947|pages=13, 14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-sfAAAAMAAJ&q=ambica+airlines | '''Ambica Airlines''' is a defunct [[airline]], which was based at [[Bombay]], [[India]] .<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Aeronautics , Volumes 18–19|year=1947|pages=13, 14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-sfAAAAMAAJ&q=ambica+airlines}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Economic History of India: 1857–1956 edited by V. B. Singh|year=1975|pages=361|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xeJEXFnGS6AC&pg=PA361}}</ref> | ||
Ambica Airlines began local services on 10 March 1947. The fleet consisted of [[DC-3]]s, with a three [[Beech 18]]s and other types. The airline was associated and subsidiary<ref>{{cite book|title=Aviation Daily, Including International Aviation , Volume 48 Front Cover|year=1946|publisher=American Aviation Publications, Incorporated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k849AQAAIAAJ&q=Shri+Ambica+Steam+Navigation+Company | Ambica Airlines began local services on 10 March 1947. The fleet consisted of [[DC-3]]s, with a three [[Beech 18]]s and other types. The airline was associated and subsidiary<ref>{{cite book|title=Aviation Daily, Including International Aviation , Volume 48 Front Cover|year=1946|publisher=American Aviation Publications, Incorporated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k849AQAAIAAJ&q=Shri+Ambica+Steam+Navigation+Company}}</ref> of the [[Shri Ambica Steam Navigation Company]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Airlines of Asia since 1920|year=1997|publisher=Putnam|pages=28|isbn=9780851778556|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3IhPAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Aviation Management: Global Perspectives By K.C. KHURANA|year=2009|pages=295|isbn=9789380228396|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ESWo4Zl5g1IC&dq=ambica+airlines&pg=PA295|last1=Khurana|first1=K. C.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=A history of the world's airlines | first=Ronald Edward George | last=Davies | publisher=Oxford University Press | date=1964 | page=391 | quote=Another short-lived company was Ambica Airlines Ltd which began local services to points north of Bombay on 10 March 1947. Operating the inevitable DC-3s, with a few Beech 18s and other types, it was associated with the Shri Ambica Steam Navigation}}</ref> a shipping company owned & established by Seth Vijaysinh Govindji & Jagmal Raja Chauhan in 1945.<ref name=b/><ref>Our seafaring in the [sic] Indian Ocean by Odayamadath Kunjappa Nambiar, 1975. pp:187</ref> | ||
Ambica Airline operated on 944 kilometers route, twice-weekly services Bombay-[[Vadodara]]-[[Ahmedabad]] and thrice-weekly Bombay-[[Bhuj]]-[[Rajkot]]-[[Jamnagar]]-[[Morbi]] route.<ref name=a/><ref name=b/> | Ambica Airline operated on 944 kilometers route, twice-weekly services Bombay-[[Vadodara]]-[[Ahmedabad]] and thrice-weekly Bombay-[[Bhuj]]-[[Rajkot]]-[[Jamnagar]]-[[Morbi]] route.<ref name=a/><ref name=b/> | ||
The airline was started by businessman [[Haridas Madhavdas Amersey|Seth Haridas Madhavdas]], [[Vithaldas Kanji|Seth Vithaldas Kanji]], [[Vijaysinh Govindji|Seth Vijaysinh Govindji]] and [[Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja]], having its head office at Bombay.<ref name=b>''Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Community : A brief History & Glory'' by Raja Pawan Jethwa. (2007). pp 12 : Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja Chauhan of Nagor, Kutch : Life-sketch</ref><ref name=c>[http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/76683/ Jagmal Raja vs Crown – Ambica Airlines]</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Asian and Indian Skyways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nHUPAAAAIAAJ|volume= | The airline was started by businessman [[Haridas Madhavdas Amersey|Seth Haridas Madhavdas]], [[Vithaldas Kanji|Seth Vithaldas Kanji]], [[Vijaysinh Govindji|Seth Vijaysinh Govindji]] and [[Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja]], having its head office at Bombay.<ref name=b>''Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Community : A brief History & Glory'' by Raja Pawan Jethwa. (2007). pp 12 : Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja Chauhan of Nagor, Kutch : Life-sketch</ref><ref name=c>[http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/76683/ Jagmal Raja vs Crown – Ambica Airlines]</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Asian and Indian Skyways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nHUPAAAAIAAJ|volume=2|date=January 1948|page=43}}</ref><ref>All India Reporter, Volume 3, Published by D. V. Chitaley, 1955 : pp :422</ref> | ||
The airlines closed in the year 1949 due to insufficient traffic and other litigations.<ref name=c/><ref> | The airlines closed in the year 1949 due to insufficient traffic and other litigations.<ref name=c/><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1IqAQAAMAAJ | title=Business and government: technical notes and cases | first1=Surinder P. S. | last1=Pruthi | date=1972 | quote=Ambica Airlines went into liquidation in 1949 but only after damage to Air Services of India}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 04:11, 12 June 2022
| Commenced operations | 10 March 1947 |
|---|---|
| Ceased operations | December 1949 |
| Operating bases | Mumbai, India |
| Fleet size | See below |
| Destinations | Baroda Ahmedabad Bhuj Rajkot Jamnagar Morvi |
| Parent company | Shri Ambica Steam Navigation Company |
| Headquarters | Bombay, Bombay State, India |
| Key people |
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Ambica Airlines is a defunct airline, which was based at Bombay, India .[1][2]
Ambica Airlines began local services on 10 March 1947. The fleet consisted of DC-3s, with a three Beech 18s and other types. The airline was associated and subsidiary[3] of the Shri Ambica Steam Navigation Company,[4][5][6] a shipping company owned & established by Seth Vijaysinh Govindji & Jagmal Raja Chauhan in 1945.[7][8]
Ambica Airline operated on 944 kilometers route, twice-weekly services Bombay-Vadodara-Ahmedabad and thrice-weekly Bombay-Bhuj-Rajkot-Jamnagar-Morbi route.[1][7] The airline was started by businessman Seth Haridas Madhavdas, Seth Vithaldas Kanji, Seth Vijaysinh Govindji and Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja, having its head office at Bombay.[7][9][10][11]
The airlines closed in the year 1949 due to insufficient traffic and other litigations.[9][12]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aeronautics , Volumes 18–19. 1947. pp. 13, 14.
- ↑ Economic History of India: 1857–1956 edited by V. B. Singh. 1975. p. 361.
- ↑ Aviation Daily, Including International Aviation , Volume 48 Front Cover. American Aviation Publications, Incorporated. 1946.
- ↑ Airlines of Asia since 1920. Putnam. 1997. p. 28. ISBN 9780851778556.
- ↑ Khurana, K. C. (2009). Aviation Management: Global Perspectives By K.C. KHURANA. p. 295. ISBN 9789380228396.
- ↑ Davies, Ronald Edward George (1964). A history of the world's airlines. Oxford University Press. p. 391.
Another short-lived company was Ambica Airlines Ltd which began local services to points north of Bombay on 10 March 1947. Operating the inevitable DC-3s, with a few Beech 18s and other types, it was associated with the Shri Ambica Steam Navigation
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Community : A brief History & Glory by Raja Pawan Jethwa. (2007). pp 12 : Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja Chauhan of Nagor, Kutch : Life-sketch
- ↑ Our seafaring in the [sic] Indian Ocean by Odayamadath Kunjappa Nambiar, 1975. pp:187
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jagmal Raja vs Crown – Ambica Airlines
- ↑ Asian and Indian Skyways. Vol. 2. January 1948. p. 43.
- ↑ All India Reporter, Volume 3, Published by D. V. Chitaley, 1955 : pp :422
- ↑ Pruthi, Surinder P. S. (1972). Business and government: technical notes and cases.
Ambica Airlines went into liquidation in 1949 but only after damage to Air Services of India