Ambica Airlines

Ambica Airlines
Commenced operations10 March 1947
Ceased operationsDecember 1949
Operating basesMumbai, India
Fleet sizeSee below
DestinationsBaroda Ahmedabad Bhuj Rajkot Jamnagar Morvi
Parent companyShri Ambica Steam Navigation Company
HeadquartersBombay, Bombay State, India
Key people

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]

  1. ^ a b Aeronautics , Volumes 18–19. 1947. pp. 13, 14.
  2. ^ Economic History of India: 1857–1956 edited by V. B. Singh. 1975. p. 361.
  3. ^ Aviation Daily, Including International Aviation , Volume 48 Front Cover. American Aviation Publications, Incorporated. 1946.
  4. ^ Airlines of Asia since 1920. Putnam. 1997. p. 28. ISBN 9780851778556.
  5. ^ Khurana, K. C. (2009). Aviation Management: Global Perspectives By K.C. KHURANA. p. 295. ISBN 9789380228396.
  6. ^ 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. ^ a b c 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
  8. ^ Our seafaring in the [sic] Indian Ocean by Odayamadath Kunjappa Nambiar, 1975. pp:187
  9. ^ a b Jagmal Raja vs Crown – Ambica Airlines
  10. ^ Asian and Indian Skyways. Vol. 2. January 1948. p. 43.
  11. ^ All India Reporter, Volume 3, Published by D. V. Chitaley, 1955 : pp :422
  12. ^ 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