<P> Air India is India's national flag carrier after merging with Indian (airline) in 2011 and plays a major role in connecting India with the rest of the world . IndiGo, Jet Airways, Air India, Spicejet, GoAir and Vistara are the major carriers in order of their market share . These airlines connect more than 80 cities across India and also operate overseas routes after the liberalisation of Indian aviation . Several other foreign airlines connect Indian cities with other major cities across the globe . However, a large section of country's air transport potential remains untapped, even though the Mumbai - Delhi air corridor was ranked 10th by Amadeus in 2012 among the world's busiest routes . </P> <P> India is the fourth largest civil aviation market in the world having a potential of becoming third largest aviation market by 2020 . It recorded an air traffic of 131 million passengers in 2016, of which 100 million were domestic passengers . The largest airline by international passenger traffic was Jet Airways which transported over 10 million passengers in and out of India in 2016, followed by Air India and AI Express (8.8 million). In third place was Emirates (5.46 million), which is the largest foreign airline operating in India . </P> <P> Civil Aviation in India traces back to 18 February 1911, when the first commercial civil aviation flight took off from Allahabad for Naini over a distance of 6 miles (9.7 km). During the Allahabad Exhibition, Henri Pequet, a French aviator, carried 6,500 pieces of mail on a Humber biplane from the exhibition to the receiving office at Allahabad . This is the world's first official airmail service . On 15 October 1932, J.R.D. Tata flew a consignment of mail from Karachi to Juhu Airport . His airline later became Air India . </P> <P> In March 1953, the Indian Parliament passed the Air Corporations Act . India's airline industry was nationalised and the eight domestic airlines operating independently at that time, Deccan Airways, Airways India, Bharat Airways, Himalayan Aviation, Kalinga Airlines, Indian National Airways, Air India and Air Services of India were merged into two government owned entities . Indian Airlines focussed on domestic routes and Air India International on international services . The International Airports Authority of India (IAAI) was constituted in 1972 while the National Airports Authority was constituted in 1986 . The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security was established in 1987 following the tragic crash of Air India Flight 182 . Pushpaka Aviation operated scheduled international passenger flights from Bombay to Sharjah, as an associate carrier of Air India from 1979 to 1983 . </P>

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