    INS Viraat is India’s oldest aircraft career commissioned in 1987 is also called as Grand old lady.
    It is a centaur class aircraft career which has the speed of 28 knots.
    It can carry upto 2100 persons and 26 aircrafts.
    It was the flagship aircraft career of Indian Navy before INS Vikramaditya was commissioned into navy in 2013.
    Old name HMS Humis and was last British ship of India.
    Aircraft Carried

1.    Sea Harrier (British)
2.    Westland Sea King
3.    HAL Chetak (Light Utility Helicopter)
4.    HAL Dhruv (Multirole Helicopter)

The ship has been decommissioned on March 6, 2017.
There have been various suggestions regarding the future of INS Viraat. The government of Andhra Pradesh has suggested this to be converted into an entertainment hub through a joint venture of Government of India.
The MOD is yet to take a call of converting it into a luxury hotel or an entertainment zone.
There have been other global projects such as USS Constellation, USS Alabama, HMI Belfast.
The overall cost of project is expected to be around 1000 crores with an annual maintenance charges of nearly 150 crore.
INS Viraat is remembered for its famous victory in the Fallkland war of Argentina in 1982. The Sea Harrier aircraft which flew of the deck of INS Viraat has been taken of and already been replaced MIG-29 K fighter aircraft.