Edited sentence: Air India is currently the 48th largest international airline in the world, and Indian is 67th.India's Aviation minister Mr.It is also been rumoured that Air India is also planning on purchasing the new 747-8 and/or A380.It is unknown yet where the new airlines headquarters will be located.It will also be the biggest airline in South Asia and one of Asia's largest airline following the giants, Japan Airlines and Singapore Airlines and other mega airlines.Praful Patel has expressed his vision that the new airline will, "Have the reliability and precision of Lufthansa and the in flight service of Singapore Airlines.The Goverment of India, Air India, and Indian Airlines executives have said the merger will be completed over the span of two years.The IATA code will also remain A-I.The formal process of merger will kick start in June of 2007.The livery will change, but is speculated to be a cross of the new Air India livery and Indian livery.The logo is believed to remain the same with the same mascot "Maharaja" greeting the passengers.The merger will straight away place the new airline as the 31th largest international airline.The name will be remain Air India because it has a global brand recall and will keep the new airline on the top of the airline directory that is used across the world by travel agents and booking services.The new airline will be a mega airline ready to take on the big global airlines.The new airline will have a strong fleet size of 120+ with Air India's order of 68 Boeing aircraft and Indian's 47 Airbus aircraft.This comes after Airbus was shocked with Air India decision to purchase 68 of their rivals Boeing aircrafts, without Airbus even showing Air India what they have to offer.With the forthcoming merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, the world will see India's two national flag carriers, become one