List of defunct airlines of India

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This is a list of defunct airlines of India.

AirlineImage IATA ICAO CallsignCommenced operationsCeased operationsNotes
Air Asiatic19901991
Air Carnival Air Carnival M-IBAI at Dubai DXB, Apr 2016.jpg 2SACVCARNAIR20162017
Air Costa Air Costa VT-LNR at Bengaluru, Aug 2015.jpg LBLEPLECOSTA20132017
Air Dravida20042008
Air India Cargo Air India Airbus A310-304 VT-EQS.jpg AIAICAIR INDIA19322012
Air India International Boeing 707-437, Air-India AN2227437.jpg AIAIC19461962Renamed to Air India
Air India Regional ATR 42-320, Air-India Regional (Alliance Air) JP7687822.jpg CD;9ILLR20072017Called Alliance Air from 1996 to 2007 then renamed back to Alliance Air in 2017.
Air Mantra M1MANTRA20122013
Air Odisha 6XODISHA20112019
Air Pegasus ATR 42-500, Air Deccan JP7051138.jpg OPPPLPEGASUS20072016
Air Sahara Boeing 737-43Q, Air Sahara JP6215934.jpg S2RSH20002007

Merged into Jet Lite, later merged into Jet Airways.

Air Services of India 19461953
AirAsia India AirAsia India A320 Neo Aircraft.png I5IADRED KNIGHT20142022

Acquired by Tata Group, renamed to AIX Connect.

Airways (India) [1] 19451955
AIX Connect I5IADRED KNIGHT20222024Merged into Air India Express
Ambica Airlines 19471949
Archana Airways [2] F5ACYARCHANA19911999
Aryan Cargo Express VT-EQT Airbus A310-304(F) (cn 544) Aryan Cargo Express. (14209983065).jpg YEACQACE CARGO20052010Stored in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai
Chhattisgarh Air Link 20122019
CityLink AirwaysXF19921993
Cosmos AirwaysK619941997B.747F-Some wet-leased from Cargolux when needed.
Crescent Air Cargo C8CAC20002006
Damania Airways [3] D2DMQ19931997Renamed/merged to Skyline NEPC
Darbhanga Aviation 19501962
Deccan 360 [4] Deccan 360 Airbus A310-300 Spijkers.jpg 3CDECDECCAN CARGO20092011
Deccan Airways [1] The seventh Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, alongwith some close aides ready to take his first test ride in a Dakota from Begumpet airport .jpg 19451953
Dove Airlines 20072015
East-West Airlines W2EWT19921995
Easy Air 20152015Owned by Premier Airways
Elbee Airlines LBE19941998
Goa Way Aviation19921993
Gujarat Airways [5] G8GUJGUJARATI19952001
GoAir GoAir Airbus A320 Neo Aircraft.png G8GOWGOAIR20052021Renamed to Go First
Go First G8GOWGOAIR20212023Liquidated
Handley Page Indo-Burmese Transport [6] First airline in present-day India, operated in the early 1920s
Himalayan Air Transport & Survey [7] 19341935
Himalayan Aviation 19481953Renamed to Indian Airlines
Hinduja Cargo Services Hinduja Cargo Services Boeing 727-243F; VT-LCI, December 1998 (5695954622).jpg LFLCI19962000
Huns Air19741980
Indian Airbus A320-231, Indian Airlines AN1470949.jpg ICIACINDAIR20072011Merged into Air India
Indian Airlines Indian Airlines Airbus A320 Vyas.jpg ICIACINDAIR19532007Renamed to Indian
Indian National Airways 19251945
Indian Overseas Airlines 19471950
Indian State Air Service19291931
Indian Transcontinental Airlines19331948
Indus Air VT-IOA (13991873935).jpg O9ACY20062007
Irrawaddy Flotilla & Airways [8] 19341939Its fall was triggered by the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942 [9] [10]
Jagson Airlines Jagson Airlines.jpg JGNJAGSON20052010
Jamair 19461977
Jet Airways VT-JEH@LHR 18AUG12 (8621607876).jpg 9WJAIJET AIRWAYS19932019Liquidated
Jet Konnect JetKonnect-August2016.jpg S2JLL20092014Merged into Jet Airways, Liquidated
JetLite JetLite Boeing 737-800 Vyas-2.jpg S2RSH/JLL20072012Renamed/merged with Jet Konnect
Jupiter Airways [11] 19481953
Kairali Airlines 20132017
Kalinga Airlines 19461965
Kingfisher Airlines VT-VJO A330 King Fisher (4937630371) (2).jpg ITKFRKINGFISHER20032012Liquidated
Kingfisher Red DNDKN20082012
MDLR Airlines 9HMDLMDLR20072009Was sold to Emirates in 2010 [9]
Mistri Airways 19461947Renamed Indian Overseas Airlines
ModiLuft ModiLuft Boeing 737-200 Martin.jpg HT, M9MODMODILUFT19941996Was converted into SpiceJet by Ajay Singh [9]
NEPC Airlines Fokker F-27-500 Friendship, NEPC Airlines AN0192374.jpg D5NEP19931997
Orient Airways 19461955Became Pakistan International Airlines after transfer from Kolkata, India to Karachi, Pakistan
Paramount Airways Embraer 170-100SL, Paramount Airways JP5998519.jpg I7PMWPARAWAY20052010
Pushpaka Airlines 19791983
RajAir19931994
Safari Airways19711977
Sahara Airlines Boeing 737-73A, Sahara Airlines AN0133882.jpg S2RSH19932000Renamed to Air Sahara
Simplifly Deccan Airbus A320-232, Air Deccan JP6373125.jpg DNDKNDECCAN20072008Merged into Kingfisher Airlines
Supreme Airlines 20162018
Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa 19551961Operated from Portuguese India
TruJet TruJet VT-TMP at Hyderabad, Sep 2015.jpg 2TTRJTRUJET20152022Ceased all operations in February 2022
Vayudoot Vayudoot Dornier 228.jpg PFVDTVAYU19811997
VIF AirwaysV2VIF19931996
Vijay Airlines19811997
Vistara Vistara, VT-TSD, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.jpg UKVTIVISTARA20132024Merged into Air India

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Airline Timetable Images - List of Complete Timetables". Timetableimages.com.
  2. ↑ "The Aviation Code Web Site - ICAO Callsigns beginning with". Avcodes.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "1991-Privatisation of airlines: Flights of fancy". India Today. 17 Dec 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "State Bank of India opposes airline licence for new venture of Capt Gopinath". Econominctimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "World Airline Directory". Flight-Global. 31 March 1999. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > India > Handley Page Indo-Burmese Transport". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  7. ↑ "Airlines - India". Airlinehistory.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "A Short History of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company". Travel-news-photos-stories.com.
  9. 1 2 3 Nair, Tejas (28 April 2019). "List: Airlines in India and Their Fall". nair tejas dot com.
  10. ↑ https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/download/GB%200136%20D-IR [ bare URL PDF ]
  11. ↑ "The plane that made India fly". The Hindu . 20 November 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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