Air India Express felicitates female artist G S Smitha on International Women’s Day
India, March 8, 2023 : On International Women’s Day 2023, Air India Express organized an art appreciation ev ening at Kochi to felicitate Ms G.S Smitha whose latest painting exhibited at Kochi Biennale became a tail art of one of the Boeing 737- 800 aircraft of Air India Express. The replica of the tail art installed at Terminal 3 of the Cochin International Airport (CIAL) served as the backdrop for the aesthetic event. Mr. Manu G, Airport Direct or of CIAL, participated in the evening along with Mr. Bose Krishnamachari, President of Kochi Biennale Found ation, as Guest of Honour.
Each Air India Express aircraft tail is a 25 feet tall canvas that carries some aspects of Indian art, culture and heritage. Every tail, thus, tells a tale. The tail art of Smitha on AIr India Express’s Boeing 737-800 aircraft VT-AXN celebrates the airline’s art connection and takes the 2023 edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale to the skies.
The tail art is an adaptation of the original acrylic painting by Ms. Smitha GS. In this painting, the artist travels through a parallel timeline via the planes of memory, recreating colourful landscapes filled with chameleons, grasshoppers, micro-organisms and aquatic creatures.
About Air India Express:
Air India Express is India’s first international budget airline. It operates direct point-to-point services connecting primarily Tier 2/ Tier 3 cities in India with destinations in the Gulf/Middle East and SouthEast Asia, with a fleet o f 26 Boeing 737 – 800 NG aircraft in an all-economy configuration. Set up in 2005, it has emerged as one of the largest LCCs on the India-Gulf route, with a significant presence across the region. With 19 Indian cities and 14 international destinations in its network, the airline operates more than 600 flights a week. Its livery is unique in the airline industry, showcasing Indian heritage and culture in a contemporary and striking manner. Each aircraft tail is used as a canvas to represent some aspect of its ‘Indian-ness’ with art, architecture and culture In January 2022, Air India Express, together with its parent company Air India, was successfully privatized, with ownership returning to the Tata group that had initially founded Air India.
