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 Asiatic19901991
Air Carnival2SACVCARNAIR20162017
Air CostaLBLEPLECOSTA20132017
Air Dravida20042008
Air India CargoAIAICAIRINDIA19322012
Air India RegionalCD;9ILLRALLIED20072017Called Alliance Air from 1996 to 2007 then renamed back to Alliance Air in 2017.
Air MantraM1MANTRA20122013
Air Odisha6XODISHA20112019
Air PegasusOPPPLPEGASUS20072016
Air SaharaS2RSH20002007

Merged into Jet Lite, later merged into Jet Airways.

Air Services of India19461953
AirAsia IndiaI5IADRED KNIGHT20142022

Acquired by Tata Group, renamed to AIX Connect.

Airways (India)19451955
AIX Connect I5 IAD RED KNIGHT 2022 2024 Merged into Air India Express
Ambica Airlines19471949
Archana AirwaysF5ACYARCHANA19911999
Aryan Cargo ExpressYEACQACE CARGO20052010Stored in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai
Chhattisgarh Air Link20122019
CityLink AirwaysXF19921993
Cosmos AirwaysK619941997B.747F-Some wet-leased from Cargolux when needed.
Crescent Air CargoC8CAC20002006
Damania AirwaysD2DMQ19931997Renamed/merged to Skyline NEPC
Darbhanga Aviation19501962
Deccan 3603CDECDECCAN CARGO20092011
Deccan Airways19451953
Dove Airlines20072015
East-West AirlinesW2EWT19921995
Easy Air20152015Owned by Premier Airways
Elbee AirlinesLBE19941998
Goa Way Aviation19921993
Gujarat AirwaysG8GUJGUJARATI19952001
GoAirG8GOWGOAIR20052021Renamed to Go First
Go FirstG8GOWGOAIR20212023Liquidated
Handley Page Indo-Burmese Transport First airline in present-day India, operated in the early 1920s
Himalayan Air Transport & Survey19341935
Himalayan Aviation19481953Renamed to Indian Airlines
Hinduja Cargo ServicesLFLCI19962000
Huns Air19741980
IndianICIACINDAIR20072011Merged into Air India
Indian AirlinesICIACINDAIR19532007Renamed to Indian
Indian National Airways19251945
Indian Overseas Airlines19471950
Indian State Air Service19291931
Indian Transcontinental Airlines19331948
Indus AirO9ACY20062007
Irrawaddy Flotilla & Airways19341939Its fall was triggered by the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942
Jagson AirlinesJGNJAGSON20052010
Jamair19461977
Jet Airways9WJAIJET AIRWAYS19932019Liquidated
Jet KonnectS2JLL20092014Merged into Jet Airways, Liquidated
JetLiteS2RSH/JLL20072012Renamed/merged with Jet Konnect
Jupiter Airways19481953
Kairali Airlines20132017
Kalinga Airlines19461965
Kingfisher AirlinesITKFRKINGFISHER20032012Liquidated
Kingfisher RedDNDKN20082012
MDLR Airlines9HMDLMDLR20072009Was sold to Emirates in 2010
Mistri Airways19461947Renamed Indian Overseas Airlines
ModiLuftHT, M9MODMODILUFT19941996Was converted into SpiceJet by Ajay Singh
NEPC AirlinesD5NEP19931997
Orient Airways19461955Became Pakistan International Airlines after transfer from Kolkata, India to Karachi, Pakistan
Paramount AirwaysI7PMWPARAWAY20052010
Pushpaka Airlines19791983
RajAir19931994
Safari Airways19711977
Sahara AirlinesS2RSH19932000Renamed to Air Sahara
Simplifly DeccanDNDKNDECCAN20072008Merged into Kingfisher Airlines
Supreme Airlines20162018
Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa19551961Operated from Portuguese India
TruJet2TTRJTRUJET20152022Ceased all operations in February 2022
VayudootPFVDTVAYU19811997
VIF AirwaysV2VIF19931996
Vijay Airlines19811997
Vistara UK VTI VISTARA 2013 2024 Merged into Air India
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