List of airlines of India

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

Scheduled airlines

Currently, there are 7 scheduled airlines operating in India.

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced	Hubs	Type	Notes
AirAsia India		I5	IAD	RED KNIGHT	2014	Bengaluru	Low cost	Joint venture with Tata Sons holding 83.67% stake in the airline and AirAsia Investment Limited holding 16.33% stake
Air India		AI	AIC	AIRINDIA	1946	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.
Air India Express		IX	AXB	EXPRESS INDIA	2005	Kochi	Low cost	Wholly owned subsidiary of Air India. Privatisation scheduled by the end of 2021 to Tata Sons.
Go First		G8	GOW	GOAIR	2005	Mumbai	Low cost	Owned by the Indian business conglomerate Wadia Group.
IndiGo		6E	IGO	IFLY	2006	Gurugram	Low cost	Largest airline in India by passengers carried and fleet size, with a 59.24% domestic market share.
SpiceJet		SG	SEJ	SPICEJET	2005	Gurugram	Low cost	Second largest airline in the country by number of domestic passengers carried.
Vistara		UK	VTI	VISTARA	2015	Gurugram	Full service	Tata SIA Airlines Limited – a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines

Regional airlines

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced	Hubs	Notes
Alliance Air		9I	LLR	ALLIED	1996	Delhi	A wholly owned subsidiary of Air India. Mainly operates domestic routes as part of the government's UDAN scheme.
Air Heritage		4H			2019	Dehradun	Owned by Heritage Aviation
FlyBig		S9	FLG	KRISH	2021	Indore	Promoted by Gurugram based Big Charter Private Limited
Star Air		S5	SDG	HISTAR	2019	Bengaluru	Owned by Sanjay Ghodawat Group
TruJet		2T	TRJ	TRUJET	2015	Hyderabad	Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited - Incorporated by Ram Charan and Vankayalapati Umesh as promoters.
Zoom Air		ZO	ZOM	ZOOM	2017	Delhi	Established by Surender Kumar Kaushik as Zexus Air

Charter airlines

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced	Hubs	Notes
Baron Aviation					2011	Mumbai
Chhattisgarh Air Link		—	—	—	2012	Raipur
Club One Air		—	—	—	2005	Delhi, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam
Confident Airlines		—	—	—	2005	Bangalore
Deccan Charters		DN	DKN	DECCAN	1997	Bangalore
Dove Airlines		—	—	—	2007	Kolkata
Fly Divine		—	—	—	2017	Indore
Fly Hornbill		—	—	—	2016	Guwahati
Ghodawat Aviation		—	—	—	2014	Kolhapur
Global Vectra Helicorp		—	—	—	1997	Mumbai
Jagson Airlines		—	JGN	JAGSON	2005	Delhi
Jal Hans		—	—	—	2010	Port Blair
Pawan Hans		—	PHE	PAWAN HANS	1985	Delhi
Pinnacle Air		—	—	—	2004	Delhi
Safefly Aviation		—	—	—	2010	New Delhi
Spirit Air		—	—	—	2012	Bangalore
Supreme Airlines		—	—	—	1983	Jaipur
TajAir		—	—	—	1993	Mumbai	Owned by the Tata Sons
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd		—	—	—	1997	Pune
Titan Aviation		—	—	—	2010	Bangalore
Ventura AirConnect		—	—	—	2011	Surat
VRL Air		—	—	—	2008	Hubli

Cargo airlines

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced	Hubs	Notes
Blue Dart Aviation		BZ	BDA	BLUE DART	1995	Chennai
SpiceXpress		SG	SEJ	SPICEJET	2018	Delhi	Air cargo division of SpiceJet. Was launched in September, 2018.
Quikjet Airlines		QO	FQA	QUIK LIFT	2016	Bangalore	Promoted by AFL Pvt Ltd

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 (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) awarded a no objection certificate to Akasa in August, 2021.

See also

• List of airports in India
• List of airlines
• List of defunct airlines of India