Air India flight gets water salute in Male to mark 46 years of India-Maldives air service

When Air India plane AI-267 arrived on the Maldives’ Male airport on February 21, it was greeted with a water cannon salute. The salute marked the forty sixth anniversary of air service between India and the Maldives. On Twitter, Air India posted a quick video of a water salute.

Air India’s tweet learn, “#Fly AI: AI-267 was welcomed with a water canon salute because it landed at Male airport #MACLmedia right this moment to commemorate 46 years of air service between India & Maldives. (sic)”

The video reveals water spurring from reverse instructions whereas the aeroplane glides in between the water cannons. AI-267 glides softly alongside the runway after touchdown. Since being shared on Twitter 5 hours in the past, the video has been considered over 6,500 instances.

In February 1976, Air India flew the primary journey from Trivandrum to Male, based on the corporate. Final month, Air India formally joined the Tata Group, the corporate’s preliminary founder. On January 27, the federal government formally turned over the airline to Tata Group.

The Tata Group has regained management of Air India, the nation’s flag airline, after practically seven a long time. In January of this 12 months, the Tata Group, which had submitted the very best bid of Rs 18,000 crore within the Air India disinvestment, took over the airline from the federal government.

Furthermore, regardless of the COVID pandemic, India and the Maldives have maintained their air bubble system. ‘Transport Bubbles’ are momentary agreements between two governments that enable business passenger companies to renew whereas common worldwide flight suspensions proceed.

(Picture: @airindiain/Twitter)