List of defunct airlines of India

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 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
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 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 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 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 Liquidated
Jet Konnect S2 JLL 2009 2014 Merged into Jet Airways, Liquidated
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 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 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 2013 2024 Merged into Air India

See also

References

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