List of airlines of India

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{{short description|Airlines in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}

This is a list of airlines which have an [[air operator's certificate]] issued by the [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|Directorate General of Civil Aviation]] of [[India]].

== Scheduled airlines ==
Currently, there are 7 scheduled airlines operating in India.
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!Airline
!Image
![[IATA]]
![[ICAO]]
![[Airline call sign|Callsign]]
!Commenced
!Hubs
!Type
!Notes
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|[[AirAsia India]]
|[[File:VT-APJ at IGIA.jpg|100px]]
|align=center| I5
|align=center| IAD
|align=center| RED KNIGHT
|align=center| 2014
|align=center| [[Bengaluru]]
|[[Low-cost carrier|Low cost]]
|Joint venture with [[Tata Sons]] holding 83.67% stake in the airline and [[AirAsia|AirAsia Investment Limited]] holding 16.33% stake
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| [[Air India]]
| [[File:Air India, B787-8 Dreamliner, VT-ANR (18185615950).jpg|100px]]
| align=center| AI
| align=center| AIC
| align=center| AIRINDIA
| align=center| 1946
| align=center| [[Delhi]]
| Full service
| Founded on 15 October 1932; 88 years ago (as Tata Airlines), Later in 1953, it was nationalised. It's 100% privatisation has been scheduled by the end of 2021 to [[Tata Sons]].
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|[[Air India Express]]
|[[File:Air India Express VT-AXU.jpg|100px]]
|align=center| IX
|align=center| AXB
|align=center| EXPRESS INDIA
|align=center| 2005
|align=center| [[Kochi]]
|[[Low-cost carrier|Low cost]]
|Wholly owned subsidiary of [[Air India]]. Privatisation scheduled by the end of 2021 to Tata Sons.
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|[[Go First]]
|[[File:GoAir Airbus A320 SDS-2.jpg|100px]]
|align=center| G8
|align=center| GOW
|align=center| GOAIR
|align=center| 2005
|align=center| [[Mumbai]]
| [[Low-cost carrier|Low cost]]
|Owned by the Indian business conglomerate [[Wadia Group]].
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|[[IndiGo]]
|[[File:IndiGo Airbus A320neo F-WWDG (to VT-ITI) (28915135713).jpg|100px]]
|align=center| 6E
|align=center| IGO
|align=center| IFLY
|align=center| 2006
|align=center| [[Gurugram]]
|[[Low-cost carrier|Low cost]]
|Largest airline in India by passengers carried and fleet size, with a 59.24% domestic market share.
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|[[SpiceJet]]
|[[File:SpiceJet Boeing 737-900ER Vyas-1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center| SG
|align=center| SEJ
|align=center| SPICEJET
|align=center| 2005
|align=center| [[Gurugram]]
|[[Low-cost carrier|Low cost]]
|Second largest airline in the country by number of domestic passengers carried.
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|[[Vistara]]
|[[File:Vistara, VT-TSD, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" |UK
|align="center" |VTI
|align="center" |VISTARA
|align="center" |2015
|align="center" |[[Gurugram]]
|Full service
|Tata SIA Airlines Limited – a joint venture between [[Tata Sons]] and [[Singapore Airlines]]
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== Regional airlines ==
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|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]] || [[File:VT-RKE VOBL (38675264715).jpg|100px]] || align=center| 9I ||align=center| LLR ||align=center| ALLIED ||align=center| 1996 ||align=center| [[Delhi]]
|A wholly owned subsidiary of [[Air India]]. Mainly operates domestic routes as part of the government's [[UDAN]] scheme.
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|[[Air Heritage]]|| ||align=center| 4H ||align=center| ||align=center| ||align=center|2019||align=center|[[Dehradun]]
|Owned by Heritage Aviation
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|[[FlyBig]]||[[File:FlyBig Aircraft landed at Raipur Airport dec 2020.png|100px]] ||align=center| S9 ||align=center| FLG|| align="center" | KRISH ||align=center|2021||align=center|[[Indore]]
|Promoted by Gurugram based Big Charter Private Limited
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|[[Star Air (India)|Star Air]] ||[[File:Vtgsestar.jpg|100px]]|| align="center" | S5 ||align=center|SDG||align=center| HISTAR ||align=center| 2019 ||align=center| [[Bengaluru]]
|Owned by Sanjay Ghodawat Group
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| [[TruJet]] || [[File:TruJet VT-TMP at Hyderabad, Sep 2015.jpg|100px]] || align=center| 2T ||align=center| TRJ ||align=center| TRUJET ||align=center| 2015 ||align=center| [[Hyderabad]]
|Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited - Incorporated by [[Ram Charan]] and Vankayalapati Umesh as promoters.
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|[[Zoom Air]]|| ||align=center| ZO ||align=center| ZOM||align=center| ZOOM||align=center|2017||align=center|[[Delhi]]
|Established by Surender Kumar Kaushik as Zexus Air
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==Charter airlines==
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|Baron Aviation
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|align=center|2011
|align=center|Mumbai
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| [[Chhattisgarh Air Link]] || || align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| 2012 ||align=center| [[Raipur]]
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| [[Club One Air]] |||| align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| 2005 ||align=center| [[Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Visakhapatnam]]
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| Confident Airlines<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.confident-group.com/category/airlines/|title=Conglomerate Companies in India - Confident Group|website=Confident-group.com}}</ref> || || align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| 2005 ||align=center| [[Bangalore]]
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| [[Deccan Charters]] || [[File:Deccan Shuttles Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Vyas-2.jpg|100px]] || align=center| DN ||align=center| DKN ||align=center| DECCAN ||align=center| 1997 ||align=center| [[Bangalore]]
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| [[Dove Airlines]] || || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| 2007 ||align=center| [[Kolkata]]
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| Fly Divine || || align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| 2017 ||align=center| [[Indore]]
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| [[Fly Hornbill]] || || align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| 2016 ||align=center| [[Guwahati]]
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| Ghodawat Aviation || || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| 2014 ||align=center| [[Kolhapur]]
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| [[Global Vectra Helicorp]] || || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| 1997 ||align=center| [[Mumbai]]
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| [[Jagson Airlines]] || [[File:Jagson Airlines.jpg|100px]] || align=center| — ||align=center| JGN ||align=center| JAGSON ||align=center| 2005 ||align=center| [[Delhi]]
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| [[Jal Hans]] || || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| 2010 ||align=center| [[Port Blair]]
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| [[Pawan Hans]] || [[File:Pawan Hans VT-PHA taking off.JPG|100px]] || align=center| —||align=center|PHE<ref>{{cite web |title=Airline Code Search Result |url=http://www.avcodes.co.uk/airlcoderes.asp |website=avcodes.co.uk |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>||align=center|PAWAN HANS||align=center| 1985 ||align=center| [[Delhi]]
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| [[Pinnacle Air (India)|Pinnacle Air]]|| || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| 2004||align=center| [[Delhi]]
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| [[Safefly Aviation]] || || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| 2010 ||align=center| [[New Delhi]]
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| [[Spirit Air (India)|Spirit Air]] || || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| 2012 ||align=center| [[Bangalore]]
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| [[Supreme Airlines]] || || align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| 1983 ||align=center| [[Jaipur]]
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| [[TajAir]] || || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| 1993 ||align=center| [[Mumbai]]
|Owned by the [[Tata Sons]]
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| Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd || || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center|—||align=center| 1997 ||align=center| [[Pune]]
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| [[Titan Aviation India|Titan Aviation]] || || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| 2010 ||align=center| [[Bangalore]]
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| [[Ventura AirConnect]] || || align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| — ||align=center| 2011 ||align=center| [[Surat]]
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| [[VRL Group|VRL Air]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_air_charting.aspx|title=VRL GROUP|website=Vrlgroup.in|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> || || align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| —||align=center| 2008 ||align=center| [[Hubli]]
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==Cargo airlines==
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| [[Blue Dart Aviation]] || [[File:Blue Dart Aviation Boeing 757-200SF SDS-1.jpg|100px]] || align=center| BZ ||align=center| BDA ||align=center| BLUE DART ||align=center| 1995 ||align=center| [[Chennai]]
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| [[SpiceXpress]] || [[File:VT-SFB@HKG (20181205101935).jpg|100px]] || align=center| SG ||align=center| SEJ ||align=center| SPICEJET ||align=center| 2018 ||align=center| [[Delhi]]
|Air cargo division of [[SpiceJet]]. Was launched in September, 2018.
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| [[Quikjet Airlines]] || [[File:Aerospatiale ATR-72-202 QuikJet India HB-AFW, LUX Luxembourg (Findel), Luxembourg PP1367336774.jpg|100px]] || align=center| QO ||align=center| FQA ||align=center| QUIK LIFT ||align=center| 2016 ||align=center| [[Bangalore]]
|Promoted by AFL Pvt Ltd
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== Upcoming airlines ==
[[Akasa Air]] is a proposed low cost carrier to be based in India planning to commence operations in mid - 2022. The airline will be run by former Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube. [[Rakesh Jhunjhunwala]] is considering plans to invest USD35 million to acquire a 40% stake in proposed start-up LCC. Mr Jhunjhunwala said the proposed LCC aims to acquire 70 aircraft within the next four years and is targeting aircraft equipped to accommodate approximately 180 passengers. India's [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA)]] and [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)]] awarded a no objection certificate to Akasa in August, 2021.{{cn|date=October 2021}}

==See also==
* [[List of airports in India]]
* [[List of airlines]]
* [[List of defunct airlines of India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Airlines of India}}
{{Asia topic|List of airlines of}}
{{Transport in India}}
{{List of defunct airlines}}

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[[Category:Lists of airlines by country|India]]
[[Category:India aviation-related lists|Airlines]]
[[Category:Lists of companies of India by industry|Airlines]]
[[Category:Lists of airlines of Asia|India]]

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