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A viewer tells us that this is an Airbus A320 with double bogie. This Indian airplane sports a "50 years of flying" decal to celebrate 50 years of the airlines flying in or around 2003. This was pointed out to us by viewer Roy Skaria. Thanks, Roy! Indian, formerly Indian Airlines (Indian Airlines Limited from 1993 and Indian Airlines Corporation from 1953 to 1993) was a major Indian airline based in Delhi and focused primarily on domestic routes, along with several international services to neighbouring countries in Asia. It was state-owned, and was administered by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. It was one of the two flag carriers of India, the other being Air India. The airline officially merged into Air India on 27 February 2011. On 7 December 2005, the airline was rebranded as Indian f