IndiaOne Air

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IndiaOne Air
IndiaOne Air Logo.jpg
IATA ICAO Callsign
I7IOAINDIA FIRST
Founded2020;4 years ago (2020)
Commenced operations3 August 2022;20 months ago (2022-08-03)
AOC # SC#09
Hubs Bhubaneswar
Frequent-flyer program None
Fleet size3
Destinations8
Headquarters Ahmedabad
FoundersArun Kumar Singh
Website indiaoneair.com

IndiaOne Air is an Indian regional airline based in Ahmedabad. The airline began operations in August 2022 with a focus on providing regional connectivity between tier 2 and 3 cities in India. It is the first scheduled airline in India to operate single-engine aircraft. [1] [2]

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History

IndiaOne Air received its No Objection Certificate from the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 2020, but due to COVID-19 pandemic, the launch was delayed. [3] In April 2022, the airline inducted it first brand new aircraft. The proving flight was performed on 22 June 2022 and the air operator's certificate was granted to the airline on 24 June 2022. [4] IndiaOne Air launched trial flights from Bhubaneswar to Jeypore on 3 August 2022. [5] The airline commenced scheduled flight on 31 October 2022 from Bhubaneswar to Jeypore. This scheduled flight was the first flight to Jeypore since Indian Independence in 1947. [6] [7]

Destinations

IndiaOne Air operates flights to the following destinations. Its hub is at Bhubaneswar in Odisha. [8]

State CityAirportNotesRefs
Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Airport
Odisha Berhampur Rangeilunda Airport [9]
Bhawanipatna Utkela Airport [10]
Bhubaneswar Biju Patnaik Airport Hub
Jeypore Jeypore Airport [11]
Jharkhand Jamshedpur Sonari Airport [12]
West Bengal Cooch Behar Cooch Behar Airport [13]
Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport [14]

Fleet

As of January 2024, IndiaOne Air operates the following aircraft: [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

IndiaOne Air fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
208B Grand Caravan EX 309
Total3

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