List of airlines of India

This is a List of airlines in India, both operational and defunct.

Operational

Airline ICAO IATA Call Sign Commenced Ownership Headquarters Type International
AirAsia India IAD I5 ARIYA 2014 AirAsia Berhad (49%)
Tata Sons (40%)
Telstra Tradeplace (10%)
Chennai Low Cost No
Air Costa LEP LB LECOSTA 2013 LEPL Group (100%) Vijayawada Full service No
Air India AIC AI AIRINDIA 1932 Government of India (100%) Delhi Flag Carrier Yes
Air India Express AXB IX EXPRESS INDIA 2005 Air India (100%) Kochi Low Cost Yes
Air India Regional LLR CD ALLIED 1996 Air India (100%) Delhi Regional No
Air Odisha AOA AO AIR ODISHA 2012 Government of Odisha (100%) Bhubaneswar Charter No
Air Pegasus PPL OP   2015 Decor Aviation (100%) Bangalore Regional No
Blue Dart Aviation BDA BZ BLUE DART 1995 Deutsche Post (70%) Chennai Cargo No
Chhattisgarh Air Link CJS CG CHHATTISGARH AIR 2012 Government of Chhattisgarh (100%) Raipur Charter No
Club One Air     2005 Fractional ownership Delhi Charter Yes
Deccan Charters DKN DN DECCAN 1997 Deccan Charters (100%) Bangalore Charter No
GoAir GOW G8 GO AIR 2005 Wadia Group (100%) Mumbai Low Cost No
IndiGo IGO 6E IFLY 2006 InterGlobe Enterprises (43%)
Gangwal Family (43%)
Public (14%)
Gurgaon Low Cost Yes
Jet Airways JAI 9W JET AIRWAYS 1993 Naresh Goyal (51%)
Etihad Airways (24%)
Public (25%)
Mumbai Full service Yes
Pinnacle Air PNC PX PINNACLE 2013 Pinnacle Air (100%) Delhi Charter No
Quikjet Cargo FQA QO QUIK LIFT 2012 Farnair (36.2%)
AFL (20.8%)
Ajit Karnik (14.8%)
IL&FS (13.14%)
Tata Sons (9.4%)
Bangalore Cargo No
SpiceJet[1] SEJ SG SPICEJET 2005 Ajay Singh (49%)
Public (51%)
Gurgaon Low Cost Yes
TajAir[2] MGE TX   1993 Tata Sons (100%) Mumbai Charter No
TruJet TRJ 2T TRUJET 2015 Turbo Megha Airways (100%) Hyderabad Regional No
Vistara VTI UK VISTARA 2015 Tata Sons (51%)
Singapore Airlines (49%)
Delhi Full service No

Planned

Airlines ICAO IATA Call Sign Commencement Owners Headquarters Type
Air Carnival - - - 2016 CMC group Coimbatore Regional
Air Kerala - - - TBA Government of Kerala Kochi Regional
Easy Air - - - 2016 Premier Airways Chennai Regional
Fly Easy EZX EX Easyex 2016 ABC Aviation Bangalore Regional
Zav Airways - - - TBA Kolkata Charter

Defunct airlines

This is a list of defunct airlines:

Airline Commenced operations Ceased operations Headquarters
Air Deccan 2004 2007 Bangalore
Air Mantra 2012 2013 Delhi
Air Sahara 1991 2006 Mumbai
Air Services of India 1936 1953 Mumbai
Airways India 1945 1955 Kolkata
Ambica Airlines 1947 1949 Bombay
Archana Airways 1991 1999 Delhi
Aryan Cargo Express 2005 2010 Delhi
Bharat Airways 1995 1999 Mumbai
Crescent Air Cargo 2000 2006 Chennai
Damania Airways[3] 1993 1997 Mumbai
Darbhanga Aviations 1950 1962 Kolkata
Deccan 360[4] 2009 2011 Bangalore
East-West Airlines 1992 1995 Mumbai
Elbee Airlines 1994 1998 Mumbai
Gujarat Airways[5] 1995 2001 Vadodara
Himalayans Air Transport and Survey 1934 1935 Kolkata
Himalayan Aviation 1948 1953 Kolkata
Indian 1953 2011 Delhi
Indian National Airways 1925 1945 Delhi
Indian Overseas Airlines 1947 1950 Mumbai
Indian State Air Service 1929 1931 Kolkata
Indian Transcontinental Airlines 1933 1948 Kolkata
Indus Airways 2006 2007 Delhi
Irawaddy Flotilla & Airways 1934 1939 Chennai
Jamair 1946 1977 Kolkata
JetKonnect 2012 2014 Mumbai
Jupiter Airways[6] 1948 1953 Chennai
Kalinga Airlines 1946 1965 Kolkata
Kingfisher Airlines 2005 2013Bangalore
Kingfisher Red 2007 2013 Mumbai
MDLR Airlines 2007 2009 Delhi
ModiLuft 1994 1996 Mumbai
NEPC Airlines 1993 1997 Chennai
Orient Airways 1946 1955 Kolkata
Paramount Airways 2005 2010 Chennai
Pushpaka Airlines 1979 1983 Mumbai
Tata Airlines 1932 1946 Mumbai
Vayudoot 19811997 Delhi
Ventura AirConnect 2011 2015 Ahmedabad
VIF Airways 1993 1996 Hyderabad
Vijay Airlines 1981 1997 Chennai

See also

References

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  2. "Taj Air - FAQs". Taj Air. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. "1991-Privatisation of airlines: Flights of fancy". India Today. 17 Dec 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  4. "State Bank of India opposes airline licence for new venture of Capt Gopinath". Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  5. "World Airline Directory". FlightGlobal. 31 March 1999. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  6. "The plane that made India fly". The Hindu. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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