This is a list of defunct airlines of India.
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
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Air Asiatic | 1990 | 1991 | |||||
Air Carnival | 2S | ACV | CARNAIR | 2016 | 2017 | ||
Air Costa | LB | LEP | LECOSTA | 2013 | 2017 | ||
Air Dravida | 2004 | 2008 | |||||
Air India Cargo | AI | AIC | AIR INDIA | 1932 | 2012 | ||
Air India International | AI | AIC | 1946 | 1962 | Renamed to Air India | ||
Air India Regional | CD;9I | LLR | 2007 | 2017 | Called Alliance Air from 1996 to 2007 then renamed back to Alliance Air in 2017. | ||
Air Mantra | M1 | MANTRA | 2012 | 2013 | |||
Air Odisha | 6X | ODISHA | 2011 | 2019 | |||
Air Pegasus | OP | PPL | PEGASUS | 2007 | 2016 | ||
Air Sahara | S2 | RSH | 2000 | 2007 | Merged into Jet Lite, later merged into Jet Airways. | ||
Air Services of India | 1946 | 1953 | |||||
AirAsia India | I5 | IAD | RED KNIGHT | 2014 | 2022 | Acquired by Tata Group, renamed to AIX Connect. | |
Airways (India) [1] | 1945 | 1955 | |||||
Ambica Airlines | 1947 | 1949 | |||||
Archana Airways [2] | F5 | ACY | ARCHANA | 1991 | 1999 | ||
Aryan Cargo Express | YE | ACQ | ACE CARGO | 2005 | 2010 | Stored in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai | |
Chhattisgarh Air Link | 2012 | 2019 | |||||
CityLink Airways | XF | 1992 | 1993 | ||||
Cosmos Airways | K6 | 1994 | 1997 | B.747F-Some wet-leased from Cargolux when needed. | |||
Crescent Air Cargo | C8 | CAC | 2000 | 2006 | |||
Damania Airways [3] | D2 | DMQ | 1993 | 1997 | Renamed/merged to Skyline NEPC | ||
Darbhanga Aviation | 1950 | 1962 | |||||
Deccan 360 [4] | 3C | DEC | DECCAN CARGO | 2009 | 2011 | ||
Deccan Airways [1] | 1945 | 1953 | |||||
Dove Airlines | — | — | — | 2007 | |||
East-West Airlines | W2 | EWT | 1992 | 1995 | |||
Easy Air | 2015 | 2015 | Owned by Premier Airways | ||||
Elbee Airlines | LBE | 1994 | 1998 | ||||
Goa Way Aviation | 1992 | 1993 | |||||
Gujarat Airways [5] | G8 | GUJ | GUJARATI | 1995 | 2001 | ||
GoAir | G8 | GOW | GOAIR | 2005 | 2021 | Renamed to Go First | |
Go First | G8 | GOW | GOAIR | 2021 | 2023 | Temporarily Suspended | |
Handley Page Indo-Burmese Transport [6] | First airline in present-day India, operated in the early 1920s | ||||||
Himalayan Air Transport & Survey [7] | 1934 | 1935 | |||||
Himalayan Aviation | 1948 | 1953 | Renamed to Indian Airlines | ||||
Hinduja Cargo Services | LF | LCI | 1996 | 2000 | |||
Huns Air | 1974 | 1980 | |||||
Indian | IC | IAC | INDAIR | 2007 | 2011 | Merged into Air India | |
Indian Airlines | IC | IAC | INDAIR | 1953 | 2007 | Renamed to Indian | |
Indian National Airways | 1925 | 1945 | |||||
Indian Overseas Airlines | 1947 | 1950 | |||||
Indian State Air Service | 1929 | 1931 | |||||
Indian Transcontinental Airlines | 1933 | 1948 | |||||
Indus Air | O9 | ACY | 2006 | 2007 | |||
Irrawaddy Flotilla & Airways [8] | 1934 | 1939 | Its fall was triggered by the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942 [9] [10] | ||||
Jagson Airlines | - | JGN | JAGSON | 2005 | 2010 | ||
Jamair | 1946 | 1977 | |||||
Jet Airways | 9W | JAI | JET AIRWAYS | 1993 | 2019 | Temporarily suspended | |
Jet Konnect | S2 | JLL | 2009 | 2014 | Merged into Jet Airways, temporarily suspended | ||
JetLite | S2 | RSH/JLL | 2007 | 2012 | Renamed/merged with Jet Konnect | ||
Jupiter Airways [11] | 1948 | 1953 | |||||
Kairali Airlines | 2013 | 2017 | |||||
Kalinga Airlines | 1946 | 1965 | |||||
Kingfisher Airlines | IT | KFR | KINGFISHER | 2003 | 2012 | Shut Down | |
Kingfisher Red | DN | DKN | 2008 | 2012 | |||
MDLR Airlines | 9H | MDL | MDLR | 2007 | 2009 | Was sold to Emirates in 2010 [9] | |
Mistri Airways | 1946 | 1947 | Renamed Indian Overseas Airlines | ||||
ModiLuft | HT, M9 | MOD | MODILUFT | 1994 | 1996 | Was converted into SpiceJet by Ajay Singh [9] | |
NEPC Airlines | D5 | NEP | 1993 | 1997 | |||
Orient Airways | 1946 | 1955 | Became Pakistan International Airlines after transfer from Kolkata, India to Karachi, Pakistan | ||||
Paramount Airways | I7 | PMW | PARAWAY | 2005 | 2010 | ||
Pushpaka Airlines | 1979 | 1983 | |||||
RajAir | 1993 | 1994 | |||||
Safari Airways | 1971 | 1977 | |||||
Sahara Airlines | S2 | RSH | 1993 | 2000 | Renamed to Air Sahara | ||
Simplifly Deccan | DN | DKN | DECCAN | 2007 | 2008 | Merged into Kingfisher Airlines | |
Supreme Airlines | - | - | - | 2016 | 2018 | ||
Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa | 1955 | 1961 | Operated from Portuguese India | ||||
TruJet | 2T | TRJ | TRUJET | 2015 | 2022 | Ceased all operations in February 2022 | |
Vayudoot | PF | VDT | VAYU | 1981 | 1997 | ||
VIF Airways | V2 | VIF | 1993 | 1996 | |||
Vijay Airlines | 1981 | 1997 | |||||
Vistara | UK | VTI | VISTARA | 2015 | 2024 | Merged into Air India |
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