Ambica Airlines Explained

Airline:	Ambica Airlines
Commenced:	10 March 1947
Ceased:	December 1949
Bases:	Mumbai, India
Fleet Size:	See below
Destinations:	Baroda Ahmedabad Bhuj Rajkot Jamnagar Morvi
Parent:	Shri Ambica Steam Navigation Company
Headquarters:	Bombay, Bombay State, India
Key People:	Haridas Madhavdas Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja Vijaysinh Govindji Vithaldas Kanji

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]

Ambica Airline operated on 944 kilometers route, twice-weekly services Bombay-Vadodara-Ahmedabad and thrice-weekly Bombay-Bhuj-Rajkot-Jamnagar-Morbi route.^[1] 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.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

The airlines closed in the year 1949 due to insufficient traffic and other litigations.^{[9] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Aeronautics, Volumes 18–19. 1947. 13, 14.
2. Book: Economic History of India: 1857–1956 edited by V. B. Singh. 1975. 361.
3. Book: Aviation Daily, Including International Aviation, Volume 48 Front Cover. 1946. American Aviation Publications, Incorporated.
4. Book: Airlines of Asia since 1920. 1997. Putnam. 28. 9780851778556.
5. Book: Aviation Management: Global Perspectives By K.C. KHURANA. 2009. 295. 9789380228396. Khurana. K. C..
6. Book: Davies, Ronald Edward George . A history of the world's airlines . Oxford University Press . 1964 . 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. Our seafaring in the [sic] Indian Ocean by Odayamadath Kunjappa Nambiar, 1975. pp:187
8. 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
9. http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/76683/ Jagmal Raja vs Crown – Ambica Airlines
10. Book: Asian and Indian Skyways. 2. January 1948. 43.
11. All India Reporter, Volume 3, Published by D. V. Chitaley, 1955 : pp :422
12. Book: Business and government: technical notes and cases . Surinder P. S. . Pruthi . 1972 . Ambica Airlines went into liquidation in 1949 but only after damage to Air Services of India.