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 Air9ILLRALLIED1996Delhi A wholly owned subsidiary of Air India. Mainly operates domestic routes as part of the government's UDAN scheme.
Air Heritage4H2019Dehradun Owned by Heritage Aviation
FlyBigS9FLGKRISH2021Indore Promoted by Gurugram based Big Charter Private Limited
Star AirS5SDGHISTAR2019Bengaluru Owned by Sanjay Ghodawat Group
TruJet2TTRJTRUJET2015Hyderabad Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited - Incorporated by Ram Charan and Vankayalapati Umesh as promoters.
Zoom AirZOZOMZOOM2017Delhi 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———2012Raipur
Club One Air———2005Delhi, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam
Confident Airlines[1]———2005Bangalore
Deccan ChartersDNDKNDECCAN1997Bangalore
Dove Airlines———2007Kolkata
Fly Divine———2017Indore
Fly Hornbill———2016Guwahati
Ghodawat Aviation———2014Kolhapur
Global Vectra Helicorp———1997Mumbai
Jagson Airlines—JGNJAGSON2005Delhi
Jal Hans———2010Port Blair
Pawan Hans—PHE[2]PAWAN HANS1985Delhi
Pinnacle Air———2004Delhi
Safefly Aviation———2010New Delhi
Spirit Air———2012Bangalore
Supreme Airlines———1983Jaipur
TajAir———1993Mumbai Owned by the Tata Sons
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd———1997Pune
Titan Aviation———2010Bangalore
Ventura AirConnect———2011Surat
VRL Air[3]———2008Hubli

Cargo airlines
Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced Hubs Notes
Blue Dart AviationBZBDABLUE DART1995Chennai
SpiceXpressSGSEJSPICEJET2018Delhi Air cargo division of SpiceJet. Was launched in September 2018.
Quikjet AirlinesQOFQAQUIK LIFT2016Bangalore 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

References
  1. "Conglomerate Companies in India - Confident Group". Confident-group.com.
  2. "Airline Code Search Result". avcodes.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. "VRL GROUP". Vrlgroup.in. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
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