List of airlines of India

As of 30 October 2007 the total fleet size of commercial airlines in India was 439. In 1994 the Air Corporation Act of 1953 was repealed with a view to remove monopoly of air corporations on scheduled services, enable private airlines to operate scheduled service, convert Indian Airlines and Air India to limited company and enable private participation in the national carriers.[1][2] However, beginning 1990 private airline companies were allowed to operate air taxi services, resulting in the establishment of Jet Airways and Air Sahara. These changes in the Indian aviation policies resulted in the increase of the share of private airline operators in domestic passenger carriage to 68.5% in 2005 from 0.4 of 1991.[2]

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Operational airlines

Airline ICAO IATA Call Sign Commenced Operations Headquarters
Air India AIC AI AIRINDIA October 1932
(as Tata Airlines)		 Mumbai
Air India Express AXB IX EXPRESS INDIA April 2005 Kochi
Air India Regional LLR CD ALLIED 1996
(as Alliance Air)		 Mumbai
Blue Dart Aviation BDA BZ BLUE DART 1995 Chennai
Club One Air — — — August 2005 Delhi
Deccan 360 DEC 3C DECCAN CARGO 2009 Bangalore
Deccan Aviation DKN DN DECCAN 1997 Bangalore
GoAir GOW G8 GOAIR June 2004 Mumbai
IndiGo IGO 6E IFLY August 2006 Gurgaon
Invision Air — — — March 2011 Mumbai
Jagson Airlines JGN JA JAGSON November 1991 Delhi
Jet Airways JAI 9W JET AIRWAYS May 1993 Mumbai
Jet Konnect JAI 9W JET AIRWAYS May 2009 Mumbai
JetLite JLL S2 LITE JET 1991
(as Air Sahara)		 Mumbai
Kingfisher Airlines KFR IT KINGFISHER May 2005 Mumbai
Kingfisher Red KFR IT KINGFISHER August 2003 Mumbai
SpiceJet SEJ SG SPICEJET May 2005 Gurgaon
TajAir — — — — Mumbai

Market share

The market share of Indian carriers as on November 2011 in the domestic aviation market is shown below: [3]

Airline/Company % Share
Jet Airways (includes Jet Lite) 27.1%
IndiGo 19.8%
Air India 17.4%
SpiceJet 15.5%
Kingfisher 14.0%
GoAir 6.2%

Revenue by Airline

F/Y Jet Airways SpiceJet Kingfisher Airlines Jagson Airlines Total
99-00 - 0.5 - 4.8 5
00-01 - - - 5.2 5
01-02 - 3.8 - 4.7 8
02-03 - 1.6 - 5.2 7
03-04 - 4.1 - 7 11
04-05 4,420 3.9 - 6.3 4,430
05-06 6,135 453 1,352 10 7,950
06-07 7,401 748 2,142 21.1 10,313
07-08 10,246 1,439 1,546 15 13,245
08-09 13,078 - 5,577 7.6 18,663
09-10 11,876 2,242 5,271 11.7 19,401
10-11 14,523 2,961 6,496 10.8 23,990
Total 67,679 7,857 22,384 109 98,028

Note:

Profit / Loss by Airline

F/Y Jet Airways SpiceJet Kingfisher Airlines Jagson Airlines Total
99-00 - -6.3 - 0.4 -6
00-01 - - - 0.6 1
01-02 - -10.7 - -0.5 -11
02-03 - -8.4 - -1.8 -10
03-04 - -3.1 - 0.1 -3
04-05 392 -29 - -0.6 363
05-06 452 -41 -341 0.4 70
06-07 28 -71 -420 -5.5 -468
07-08 -654 -134 -188 -6.2 -982
08-09 -961 - -1609 -7.1 -2,577
09-10 -420 61 -1,647 -5.7 -2,012
10-11 -86 101 -1,027 -7.8 -1,020
Total -1,249 -140 -5,232 -34 -6,655

Note:

Defunct airlines

This is a list of now defunct airlines from India.

Airline Commenced Operations Ceased Operations Headquarters
Air Services of India 1936 1953 Kolkata
Airways (India) Limited 1945 1955 Kolkata
Archana Airways 1991 1999 New Delhi
Aryan Cargo Express 2005 2010 New Delhi
Bhaarat Airways 1995 1999 Mumbai
Crescent Air Cargo 2000 2006 Chennai
Damania Airways 1993 1996 Kolkata
Deccan Airways 1992 2004 Mumbai
Darbhanga Aviations 1950 1962 Kolkata
East-West Airlines 1992 1995 Mumbai
Elbee Airlines 1995 2001 Mumbai
Gujarat Airways 1995 2001 Ahmedabad
Himalayans Air Transport & Survey Limited 1934 1935 Kolkata
Himalayan Aviation 1948 1953 Kolkata
Indian 1953 2011 New Delhi
Indian National Airways 1933 1945 Kolkata
Indian Overseas Airlines 1947 1950 Mumbai
Indian State Air Service (ISAS) 1929 1931 Kolkata
Indian Transcontinental Airlines 1933 1948 Kolkata
Indus Airways 2006 2007 New Delhi
Irwaddy Flotilla & Airways 1934 1939 Chennai
Jupiter Airways 1948 1949 Mumbai
MDLR Airlines 2007 2009 New Delhi
ModiLuft 1994 1996 Mumbai
Sahara Airlines 1991 2006 Mumbai
Skyline NEPC 1947 1960 Chennai
Orient Airways 1946 1953 Kolkata
Tata Airlines 1932 1946 Mumbai
Vayudoot 1981 1997 New Delhi
VIF Airways 1993 1996 Mumbai
Vijay Airlines 1981 1997 Chennai
Paramount Airways 2005 2010 Chennai

See also

References

  1. ^ "MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT OF PERMIT TO OPERATE SCHEDULED PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES"
  2. ^ a b "Airline Operations Regulatory Issues in India"
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "BSE Financial Results". http://www.bseindia.com/qresann/compres.asp. 
  5. ^ "BSE Financial Results". http://www.bseindia.com/qresann/compres.asp. 
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