List of defunct airlines of India

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This is a list of defunct airlines of India.

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Ceased operations Notes
Air Asiatic 1990 1991
Air Carnival File:Air Carnival M-IBAI at Dubai DXB, Apr 2016.jpg 2S ACV CARNAIR 2016 2017
Air Costa File:Air Costa VT-LNR at Bengaluru, Aug 2015.jpg LB LEP LECOSTA 2013 2017
Air Dravida 2004 2008
Air India Cargo File:Air India Airbus A310-304 VT-EQS.jpg AI AIC AIRINDIA 1932 2012
Air India Regional File:ATR 42-320, Air-India Regional (Alliance Air) JP7687822.jpg CD;9I LLR ALLIED 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 File:ATR 42-500, Air Deccan JP7051138.jpg OP PPL PEGASUS 2007 2016
Air Sahara File:Boeing 737-43Q, Air Sahara JP6215934.jpg S2 RSH 2000 2007

Merged into Jet Lite, later merged into Jet Airways.

Air Services of India 1946 1953
AirAsia India File:AirAsia India A320 Neo Aircraft.png I5 IAD RED KNIGHT 2014 2022

Acquired by Tata Group, renamed to AIX Connect.

Airways (India)[1] 1945 1955
AIX Connect I5 IAD RED KNIGHT 2022 2024 Merged into Air India Express
Ambica Airlines 1947 1949
Archana Airways[2] F5 ACY ARCHANA 1991 1999
Aryan Cargo Express File:VT-EQT Airbus A310-304(F) (cn 544) Aryan Cargo Express. (14209983065).jpg 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] File:Deccan 360 Airbus A310-300 Spijkers.jpg 3C DEC DECCAN CARGO 2009 2011
Deccan Airways[1] File: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 1945 1953
Dove Airlines 2007 2015
East-West Airlines W2 EWT 1992 1995
Easy Air 2015 2015 Owned by Premier Airways
Elbee Airlines LBE 1994 1998
FlyBig S9 FLG KRIS 2020 2025
Goa Way Aviation 1992 1993
Gujarat Airways[5] G8 GUJ GUJARATI 1995 2001
GoAir File:GoAir Airbus A320 Neo Aircraft.png G8 GOW GOAIR 2005 2021 Renamed to Go First
Go First G8 GOW GOAIR 2021 2023 Liquidated
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 File:Hinduja Cargo Services Boeing 727-243F; VT-LCI, December 1998 (5695954622).jpg LF LCI 1996 2000
Huns Air 1974 1980
Indian File:Airbus A320-231, Indian Airlines AN1470949.jpg IC IAC INDAIR 2007 2011 Merged into Air India
Indian Airlines File:Indian Airlines Airbus A320 Vyas.jpg 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 File:VT-IOA (13991873935).jpg 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 File:Jagson Airlines.jpg JGN JAGSON 2005 2010
Jamair 1946 1977
Jet Airways File:VT-JEH@LHR 18AUG12 (8621607876).jpg 9W JAI JET AIRWAYS 1993 2019 Liquidated
Jet Konnect File:JetKonnect-August2016.jpg S2 JLL 2009 2014 Merged into Jet Airways, Liquidated
JetLite File:JetLite Boeing 737-800 Vyas-2.jpg 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 File:VT-VJO A330 King Fisher (4937630371) (2).jpg IT KFR KINGFISHER 2003 2012 Liquidated
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 File:ModiLuft Boeing 737-200 Martin.jpg HT, M9 MOD MODILUFT 1994 1996 Was converted into SpiceJet by Ajay Singh[9]
NEPC Airlines File:Fokker F-27-500 Friendship, NEPC Airlines AN0192374.jpg D5 NEP 1993 1997
Orient Airways 1946 1955 Became Pakistan International Airlines after transfer from Kolkata, India to Karachi, Pakistan
Paramount Airways File:Embraer 170-100SL, Paramount Airways JP5998519.jpg I7 PMW PARAWAY 2005 2010
Pushpaka Airlines 1979 1983
RajAir 1993 1994
Safari Airways 1971 1977
Sahara Airlines File:Boeing 737-73A, Sahara Airlines AN0133882.jpg S2 RSH 1993 2000 Renamed to Air Sahara
Simplifly Deccan File:Airbus A320-232, Air Deccan JP6373125.jpg 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 File:TruJet VT-TMP at Hyderabad, Sep 2015.jpg 2T TRJ TRUJET 2015 2022 Ceased all operations in February 2022
UP Air 1995[12] 1998[13]
Vayudoot File:Vayudoot Dornier 228.jpg PF VDT VAYU 1981 1997
VIF Airways V2 VIF 1995[14] 1996 Based at Begumpet airport, Hyderabad, operated 30-seat Dornier 328-110 aircraft.
Vijay Airlines 1981 1997
Vistara File:Vistara, VT-TSD, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.jpg UK VTI VISTARA 2013 2024 Merged into Air India
Zooom Air ZO ZOM ZOOM 2013 2024

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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(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. ↑ Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > India > Handley Page Indo-Burmese Transport, Ranter, Harro. 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. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 List: Airlines in India and Their Fall, Nair, Tejas. nair tejas dot com(28 April 2019).
  10. ↑ Irrawaddy flotilla company, 1865 - 1950. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
  11. ↑ The plane that made India fly. The Hindu(20 November 2006). Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  12. ↑ UP Airways becomes first to launch air-taxi service with a private airline in India. India Today(15 May 1995). Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Life After The Big Sellout. Business Standard(9 May 1998). Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  14. ↑ India's VIF Airways. AviationWeek(20 April 1995).

Further reading

  • Dhekney M.R., Air transport in India, Vora & Co. Pibl. Ltd., Bombay, 1953
  • Anwar M., Civil aviation in India, Thacker/Spink, Calcutta, 1954
  • History of civil aviation in India, Ministry of Civil Aviation & FICCI, 2008
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