This is a list of airlines currently operating in India.
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Founded | Hubs/Bases | Destinations | Fleet Size | Orders | Notes |
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Air India | AI | AIC | AIRINDIA | 1932 | Delhi, Mumbai | 81 | 140 | 275 | Full Service Carrier | |
Air India Express | IX | AXB | EXPRESS INDIA | 2005 | Kochi | 45 | 50 | 170 | Low cost subsidiary of Air India | |
AIX Connect | I5 | IAD | RED KNIGHT | 2013 | Bengaluru | 19 | 24 | — | To be merged with Air India Express (Fleet being transferred) | |
Akasa Air | QP | AKJ | AKASA AIR | 2021 | Bengaluru, Mumbai | 21 | 24 | 202 | Low Cost Carrier | |
IndiGo | 6E | IGO | IFLY | 2006 | Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai | 120 | 356 | 973 | Low Cost Carrier | |
SpiceJet | SG | SEJ | SPICEJET | 2004 | Delhi, Hyderabad | 62 | 64 | 129 | Low Cost Carrier | |
Vistara | UK | VTI | VISTARA | 2013 | Delhi, Mumbai | 50 | 70 | — | To be merged with Air India by mid 2025 [1] | |
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Founded | Hubs | Fleet Size | Orders | Notes |
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Alliance Air | 9I | LLR | ALLIED | 1996 | Delhi | 21 | 1 | Formerly Air India Regional | |
Fly91 [2] | IC [3] | GOA [4] | GOAN | 2022 | Goa–Mopa | 2 | 4; | ||
FlyBig | S9 | FLG | KRIS | 2021 | Guwahati | 3 | 9 | ||
IndiaOne Air | I7 | IOA | INDIA FIRST | 2020 | Bhubaneswar | 3 | — | ||
Jettwings Airways [5] | — | — | — | 2023 | Guwahati | 1 | — | ||
Star Air | S5 | SDG | HISTAR | 2019 | Bengaluru | 8 | — | ||
Zooom Air | ZO | ZOM | ZOOM | 2013 | Delhi | 5 | — | ||
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Founded | Hubs | Fleet Size | Orders | Notes |
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Blue Dart Aviation | BZ | BDA | BLUE DART | 1994 | Chennai | 8 | — | ||
Pradhaan Air Express | 6P | PRX | PRADHAAN | 2021 | Delhi | 1 | 3 | ||
Quikjet Airlines | QO | FQA | QUIK LIFT | 2007 | Bengaluru | 2 | — | ||
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Founded | Hubs | Fleet Size | Notes |
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Air One Aviation | 2007 | 3 | ||||||
Deccan Charters | DN | DKN | DECCAN | 1997 | Bengaluru | 5 | ||
Club One Air | — | — | — | 2005 | New Delhi, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam | 4 | ||
Global Vectra Helicorp | — | — | — | 1997 | Mumbai | 30 | ||
India Fly Safe Aviation | — | — | — | 2010 | New Delhi | 6 | ||
Karnavati Aviation | 2007 | 1 | ||||||
Pawan Hans | — | PHE | PAWAN HANS | 1985 | New Delhi | 43 | ||
Pinnacle Air | — | — | — | 2004 | New Delhi | 8 | ||
Sirius India Airlines | 2024 | 1 | Luxury airline. Operates one Hawker 4000 which will increase to 12 aircraft by 2025. [6] | |||||
TajAir | — | — | — | 1993 | Mumbai | 3 | ||
Ventura AirConnect | — | — | — | 2011 | Surat | 5 |
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is the main international airport serving Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It is located in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of downtown Kuala Lumpur and serves the city's greater conurbation.
Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of 5,106 acres (2,066 ha), is situated in Palam, Delhi, 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of the New Delhi Railway Station and 16 km (9.9 mi) from New Delhi city centre. Named after Indira Gandhi (1917–1984), the former Prime Minister of India, it is the busiest airport of India in terms of passenger traffic since 2009. It is also the busiest airport in the country in terms of cargo traffic. In the financial year of 2023-24, the airport handled 7.36 crore passengers, the highest ever in the airport's history. As of 2024, it is the tenth-busiest airport in the world, as per the latest rankings issued by the UK-based air consultancy firm, OAG. It is the second-busiest airport in the world by seating capacity, having a seating capacity of over 36 lakh seats, and the busiest airport in Asia by passenger traffic, handling over 6.55 crore passengers in 2023. In fact, it is routinely one of the busiest airports in the world, according to the Airports Council International rankings.
Charlottetown Airport is located 3 nautical miles north of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The airport is currently run by the Charlottetown Airport Authority, is owned by Transport Canada and forms part of the National Airports System.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is an international airport serving Kolkata and the Kolkata Metropolitan Region. It is the primary aviation hub for eastern and northeastern India. It is located approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the city centre. The airport is locally known as Kolkata Airport and Dum Dum Airport before being renamed in 1995 after Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement, from Bengal. The airport's IATA code CCU is associated with "Calcutta", the former legal name of the city. Opened in 1924, Kolkata Airport is one of the oldest airports in India.
Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport is an international airport serving Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is located at Raja Sansi, 11 km (7 mi) north-west from the city centre. It is named after Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amritsar. The airport is the largest and the busiest airport of Punjab. It is the second-largest airport in Northern India after Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. The airport was the 3rd fastest-growing airport in India during the fiscal year 2017–18. It is a hub of cargo movements, domestically and internationally. The airport is ranked the 6th-best regional airport in India and Central Asia in 2019 and 2020 by Skytrax. The airport is awarded as the best airport in Asia-Pacific in 2020 by Airports Council International. The airport also featured in the top 10 airports in India and South Asia with Best Airport Staff for the year 2024 by Skytrax.
Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport. It is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the main city centre of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. It is a shared civil/military facility. The airport is named after Heraklion native Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek writer and philosopher. Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is Crete's main and busiest airport, serving Heraklion (Ηράκλειο), Aghios Nikolaos, Malia (Mάλλια), Hersonissos (Χερσόνησος), Stalida (Σταλίδα), Elounda (Ελούντα) and other resorts.
Nội Bài International Airport in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is the country’s second largest and busiest international airport for passenger traffic, after Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. It is currently the main airport serving Hanoi, replacing the role of Gia Lam Airport. The airport consists of two passenger terminals and a cargo terminal. Terminal 1 serves domestic flights, and Terminal 2 serves all international flights to and from Hanoi. The airport is currently the main hub of the flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, travel carrier Vietravel Airlines, and an operating base of budget carriers Bamboo Airways, Pacific Airlines and VietJet Air.
Bengaluru Airport, officially Kempegowda International Airport, is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over 4,000 acres (1,600 ha), it is located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public–private consortium. The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to increased congestion at HAL Airport, the original primary commercial airport serving the city. It is named after Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bangalore. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully solar powered airport, developed by CleanMax Solar.
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace Begumpet Airport, which was the sole civilian airport serving Hyderabad. It is named after Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. Built over an area of 5,500 acres (2,200 ha), it is the largest airport of India by area. It is owned and operated by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), a public–private consortium. The airport was the first airport in India to launch domestic e-boarding facility in December 2015 and international e-boarding facility in October 2020. It has also ranked in AirHelp's list of top 10 airports in the world. The fourth busiest airport in India by passengers traffic, it handled over 25 million passengers and around 150,000 tonnes of cargo between April 2023 and March 2024.
Hamad International Airport is an international airport in Qatar, and the home of the national flag carrier airline, Qatar Airways. Located east of the capital, Doha, it replaced the nearby Doha International Airport as Qatar's principal and main national airport. Hamad International Airport is currently rated as the "World's Best Airport" by Skytrax, and now holds "Best Airport in the Middle East" for the 10th time.
Agatti Airport is a regional airport serving the union territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is located at the southern end of Agatti Island, and is the sole airstrip in the archipelago, which lies off the west coast of mainland India.
Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Nanded, in the state of Maharashtra, India. It was inaugurated on 4 October 2008 by the former Minister of Civil Aviation, Praful Patel, and the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh, with Kingfisher Airlines flying a special commemorative flight to the airport using its ATR-72 turboprop aircraft. It is named after Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Sikh Guru.
Chandigarh Airport, also called Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, is a customs airport serving the union territory of Chandigarh, India. The airport is located in Jhiurheri, Punjab and shares space with the Indian Air Force. The airport caters to 17 domestic destinations and two international destinations. The airport is named after the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.The airport is operated by CHIAL which is a joint venture company between Airports Authority of India (51%), Government of Punjab (24.5%) and Government of Haryana (24.5%).
Muscat International Airport, formerly Seeb International Airport, is the main international airport in Oman and is located in Seeb, 32 km from the old city and capital Muscat within the Muscat metropolitan area. The airport serves as the hub for flag carrier Oman Air and Oman's first budget airline, Salam Air, and features flights to several regional destinations as well as some intercontinental services to Asia, Africa and Europe.
Jalgaon Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Jalgaon in Maharashtra, India. It is located in Kusumbe, off National Highway 753F (NH-753F), 9 km (5.6 mi) southeast of the city centre, and 47 km (29 mi) away from the Ajanta Caves, for which it is its closest airport. The airport has a flight training institute run by Skynex Aviation, along with a helicopter pilot training institute.
Sindhudurg Airport, also known as Chipi Airport, is a domestic airport serving the city of Sindhudurg, Maharastra, India. It is located at Chipi-Parule in Vengurla taluka, located 21 km (13 mi) from the nearest city of Malvan and 31 km (19 mi) from Sindhudurg. Construction was completed by the second half of 2018 and a test flight from Mumbai landed on 12 September 2018 on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The airport was formally inaugurated on 5 March 2019, and commercial flights started at the airport from 9 October 2021. Alliance Air was the only airline operating flights from Mumbai, until when Fly91 became the second airline to begin flights to Bangalore and Hyderabad from 18 March 2024.
Tata SIA Airlines Limited, operating as Vistara, is an Indian full-service airline, based in Gurgaon (Gurugram), with its hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The carrier, a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, commenced operations on 9 January 2015 with its inaugural flight between Delhi and Mumbai. The airline had carried more than two million passengers by June 2016 and as of April 2023, has an 8.7% share of the domestic carrier market, making it the 2nd largest domestic airline, behind IndiGo. The airline serves 50 destinations with a fleet of Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321neo and Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
Manohar International Airport, is an international airport at Mopa in Pernem Taluka, North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It serves North Goa and the adjoining districts of Karnataka and Maharashtra, and as a second airport of Goa after Dabolim Airport in Dabolim. On an average, the airport handles around 100 aircraft movements and about 15,000 passengers daily. It is the fifteenth busiest airport in India. The airport is developed by GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV). It is built at a cost of ₹3,000 crore. The airport is built under the Build Operate Transfer (BOT) model in four phases, with the first phase costing a total of ₹1,500 crore. In financial year 2023-24, the airport handled over 4.4 million passengers, which is close to its current maximum capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year. It is named after the former Minister of Defence and the former Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar.
Darbhanga Airport is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force Station, serving Darbhanga, Bihar, India. It is located just at the outskirts of the city near the NH-105 and NH-57 highways, which passes through Darbhanga. The airport is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The foundation stone for the airport was laid by the then Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, and the then Civil Aviation Minister, Suresh Prabhu, in the presence of the State Civil Aviation Minister, Jayant Sinha, on 24 December 2018. After efforts taken by the then Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri. Commercial flights started on 8 November 2020.
Just Udo Aviation Private Limited, doing business as Fly91, is an Indian low-cost regional airline headquartered in Ribandar, Goa, India. It operates from its base at Manohar International Airport in Mopa, North Goa district, with a fleet of three ATR-72 aircraft, to tier-2 and 3 cities of India. It was founded in January 2023 by former aviation veterans involved in Kingfisher Airlines, Harsha Raghavan and Manoj Chacko. It began commercial operations from 18 March 2024 to Bangalore and Hyderabad from its base at Goa and Sindhudurg, with flights to Lakshadweep, Jalgaon and other regional cities from April 2024 onwards.