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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aeronautics , Volumes 18–19{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1947)
- ↑ Economic History of India: 1857–1956 edited by V. B. Singh{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1975)
- ↑ Aviation Daily, Including International Aviation , Volume 48 Front Cover{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. American Aviation Publications, Incorporated(1946)
- ↑ Airlines of Asia since 1920{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Putnam(1997). ISBN 9780851778556
- ↑ Aviation Management: Global Perspectives By K.C. KHURANA{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(2009). ISBN 9789380228396
- ↑ A history of the world's airlines{{#if:Davies|, Davies}. Oxford University Press(1964)
- ↑ 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{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(January 1948)
- ↑ All India Reporter, Volume 3, Published by D. V. Chitaley, 1955 : pp :422
- ↑ Business and government: technical notes and cases{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1972)