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 Air Carnival M-IBAI at Dubai DXB, Apr 2016.jpg 2S ACV CARNAIR 2016 2017
Air Costa Air Costa VT-LNR at Bengaluru, Aug 2015.jpg LB LEP LECOSTA 2013 2017
Air Dravida Bombardier CRJ200.jpg 2004 2008
Air India Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF, Air-India Cargo (Icelandair) AN0692203.jpg AI AIC AIR INDIA 1932 2012
Air India Regional ATR 42-320, Air-India Regional (Alliance Air) JP7687822.jpg CD;9I LLR 2007 2017 Called Alliance Air from 1996 to 2007 then renamed Alliance Air in March 2017.
Air Services of India 1946 1953
Air India International Boeing 707-437, Air-India AN2227437.jpg AI AIC 1946 1962 Renamed/merged to Air India
Air Mantra M1 MANTRA 2012 2013
Air Odisha 6X ODISHA 2011 2019
Air Pegasus ATR 42-500, Air Deccan JP7051138.jpg OP PPL PEGASUS 2007 2016
Ambica Airlines 1947 1949
Air Sahara 2000 2007

Merged into Jet Lite, later merged into Jet Airways.

Archana Airways[1] F5 ACY ARCHANA 1991 1999
[2] 1945 1955
Aryan Cargo Express 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
XF 1992 1993
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] Deccan 360 Airbus A310-300 Spijkers.jpg 3C DEC DECCAN CARGO 2009 2011
Deccan Airways Limited[2] 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
Easy Air 2015 2015 Owned by Premier Airways
Elbee Airlines LBE 1994 1998
East-West Airlines W2 EWT 1992 1995
1992 1993
Gujarat Airways[5] G8 GUJ GUJARATI 1995 2001
Himalayan Aviation 1948 1953 Merged into Indian Airlines
[6] 1934 1935
Hinduja Cargo Services Hinduja Cargo Services Boeing 727-243F; VT-LCI, December 1998 (5695954622).jpg LF LCI 1996 2000
1974 1980
Indian Airbus A320-231, Indian Airlines AN1470949.jpg IC IAC INDAIR 2007 2011 Merged into Air India
Indian Airlines Indian Airlines Boeing 737-2A8; VT-EGE, December 1998 BUI (5404996252).jpg IC IAC INDAIR 1953 2007 Renamed Indian, Merged into Air India
Indian National Airways 1925 1945
Indian Overseas Airlines 1947 1950
1929 1931
1933 1948
Indus Air VT-IOA (13991873935).jpg O9 ACY 2006 2007
[7] 1934 1939 Its fall was triggered by the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942[8][9]
Jamair 1946 1977
Jet Airways VT-JEH@LHR 18AUG12 (8621607876).jpg 9W JAI JET AIRWAYS 1993 2019 Temporarily suspended
Jet Konnect JetKonnect-August2016.jpg S2 JLL 2009 2014 Merged into Jet Airways, temporarily suspended
JetLite JetLite Boeing 737-800 Vyas-2.jpg S2 RSH;JLL 2007 2012 Renamed/merged to JetKonnect, merged into Jet Airways, temporarily suspended
[10] 1948 1953
Kairali Airlines 2013 2017
Kalinga Airlines 1946 1965
Kingfisher Airlines VT-VJO A330 King Fisher (4937630371) (2).jpg IT KFR KINGFISHER 2003 2012 Shut Down
Kingfisher Red DN DKN 2008 2012
MDLR Airlines 9H MDL MDLR 2007 2009 Was sold to Emirates in 2010[8]
Mistri Airways 1946 1947 Renamed Indian Overseas Airlines
ModiLuft ModiLuft Boeing 737-200 Martin.jpg HT, M9 MOD MODILUFT 1994 1996 Was converted into SpiceJet by Ajay Singh[8]
NEPC Airlines Fokker F-27-500 Friendship, NEPC Airlines AN0192374.jpg D5 NEP 1993 1997
Orient Airways 1946 1955
Paramount Airways Embraer 170-100SL, Paramount Airways JP5998519.jpg I7 PMW PARAWAY 2005 2010
Pushpaka Airlines 1979 1983
1993 1994
1971 1977
Sahara Airlines Boeing 737-73A, Sahara Airlines AN0133882.jpg S2 JLL 1993 2000 Renamed Air Sahara, merged into JetLite, which was later merged into Jet Airways.
Simplifly Deccan Airbus A320-232, Air Deccan JP6373125.jpg DN DKN DECCAN 2007 2008 Merged into Kingfisher Airlines, Shut down in 2012
Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa 1955 1961 Operated from Portuguese India
Vayudoot Vayudoot Dornier 228.jpg PF VDT VAYU 1981 1997
V2 VIF 1993 1996
1981 1997

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ a b "Airline Timetable Images - List of Complete Timetables". Timetableimages.com.
  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. ^ "Airlines - India". Airlinehistory.co.uk.
  7. ^ "A Short History of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company". Travel-news-photos-stories.com.
  8. ^ a b c Nair, Tejas (28 April 2019). "List: Airlines in India and Their Fall". nair tejas dot com.
  9. ^ https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/download/GB%200136%20D-IR
  10. ^ "The plane that made India fly". The Hindu. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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