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{{Infobox Airline
|airline=Modiluft
|logo=Modiluft1.png
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fleet_size=6|
destinations=5|
|IATA=HT<ref>[https://www.planespotters.net/search?q=modiluft Planespotters.net, Modiluft]. Retrieved 7 August 2017</ref><br/>M9<ref>[https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1996/1996%20-%200807.PDF Flightglobal archive] Flight International, April 3-9 1996. Retrieved 7 August 2017</ref><ref>[http://rzjets.net/operators/?show=859 Rzjets.net, Modiluft]. Retrieved 7 August 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.airframes.org/airlines/icao/mod Airframes.org, Modiluft]. Retrieved 7 August 2017</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Klee |first1=Ulrich |year=1996 |title=JP airline-fleets International |edition=96/97 |location=Switzerland |publisher=Bucher & Co. Publikationen |page=591 |isbn=3857581301}}</ref>
|ICAO=MOD|
callsign=MODILUFT|
parent=|
founded=1993|
ceased=1996|
headquarters=[[Delhi]]|
key_people=*S. K. Modi (Chairman)
*Ashotosh Dyal Sharma
*Kanwar K S Jamwal|
hubs=[[Delhi International Airport]]|
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'''ModiLuft''' was a private airline based in [[Delhi]], [[India]]. It operated on domestic routes until it shut down in 1996. It maintained high standards in flight safety, ground maintenance and on-time performance owing to support from [[Lufthansa]] AG. ModiLuft's aircraft were configured in First, Business and an Economy Class making it the only private airline in India during its time to fly a three class configuration on domestic routes. It used [[Boeing 737-200]] aircraft leased from Lufthansa and had an incident free track record of flying.

==History==
[[File:ModiLuft Boeing 737-200 Martin.jpg|ModiLuft's livery was similar to that of Lufthansa|thumbnail]]
ModiLuft was among the first of India's first post-[[deregulation]] airlines, launched in May 1993 by the Indian industrialist S K Modi, in technical partnership with the German flag carrier Lufthansa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Panel approves ModiLuft aircraft import plan|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20000303/fex03045.html|publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]|date= 3 March 2000| accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> The German airline provided pilots and trained ModiLuft's Indian staff including pilots, cabin crew and mechanics. Lufthansa Technik provided maintenance, overhaul and spares support.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lufthansa forms ModiLuft in India|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%200527.html|publisher=[[Flightglobal.com]]|date= 24 March 1993| accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> The airline project, started in February, 1993 by S K Modi, Ashutosh Dayal Sharma and Kanwar K S Jamwal, first flew from New Delhi to Mumbai on 5 May 1993. The airline commenced operations within three months of its conception - a record of kinds in itself. Kanwar K. S. Jamwal, General Manager Projects, was responsible for setting up the airline and its operations and put together a team of Indian and German engineers and pilots. Capt. R L. Kapur, Wing. Cdr. S. Raj (Retd.) along with a team of able airline experts helped in meeting the aviation industry standards and in conforming to the Indian Aircraft Rules set by the Director General Civil Aviation. The first two batches of the cabin crew were trained at Lufthansa's flight crew training facility at Frankfurt. Modiluft was perhaps the only Airline to achieve an average aircraft utilization of a minimum 12 hours per day in Indian Skies.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

The two companies had parted ways after the Indian partner accused Lufthansa of not abiding by its funding commitment. In turn, the German airline alleged that ModiLuft had defaulted on lease payments for the four Lufthansa aircraft. The relationship between the two parties soured in mid-1996 after Modi began putting pressure on Lufthansa to take a stake of up to 40 per cent in the Indian carrier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lufthansa, Modiluft Patch Up|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lufthansa-modiluft-patch-up/51517/|publisher=[[Business Standard]]|date=21 August 1997| accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref>
In May 1996, Lufthansa announced that they had decided to terminate their agreement with ModiLuft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lufthansa ends ModiLuft partnership|url=http://cargonewsasia.com.hk/timesnet/data/cna/docs/cna1723.html|publisher=Cargo News Asia| accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> The aircraft belonging to Lufthansa were grounded due to the litigation and ModiLuft acquired [[Boeing 737-400]] aircraft from [[Air UK]] as replacements. The future of ModiLuft, however, was already sealed and the airline ceased operations in 1996.

ModiLuft eventually returned Lufthansa's aircraft by September 30, 1997 as part of an out of court settlement.<ref>{{cite web|title=Modiluft To Return Lufthansa Aircraft By September 30|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/modiluft-to-return-lufthansa-aircraft-by-september-30/58875/|publisher=[[Business Standard]]| date=4 September 1997| accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Modiluft, Lufthansa cease-fire|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/old/ie/daily/19970821/23350103.html|publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]| date=20 August 1997| accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> The airline ownership changed hands due to lack of funds and was renamed Royal Airways, an airline that never got off the ground. ModiLuft's [[Air operator's certificate]] (AOC) had not lapsed and was eventually used by a different set of promoters for the [[Low-cost carrier]] [[SpiceJet]].

==Destinations==
*'''[[South Asia]]'''
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*[[Delhi]] ([[Indira Gandhi International Airport]]) '''Hub'''
*[[Jammu]] ([[Jammu Airport]])
*[[Leh]] ([[Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport]])
*[[Srinagar]] ([[Srinagar Airport]])
*[[Mumbai]] ([[Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport]])
*[[Bengaluru]] ([[HAL Bangalore International Airport]])
*[[Hyderabad]] ([[Begumpet Airport]])

==Historical Fleet==
*4 - [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-201]]
*2 - [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-400]]
*1 - [[Boeing 727|Boeing 727-200]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|ModiLuft}}
*[http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Modiluft-history-b737.htm Fleet information]

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