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 DeccanDNDKNDECCAN20032007Renamed Simplifly Deccan
Air India CargoAIAICAIR INDIA19542012
Air India RegionalCD;9ILLR20072017Called Alliance Air from 1996 to 2007 then renamed Alliance Air in March 2017.
Air Services of India19461953
Air India InternationalAIAIC19461962Renamed/merged to Air India
Air MantraM1MANTRA20122013
Air Odisha6X2011
Air PegasusOPPPLPEGASUS20072016
Ambica Airlines19471949
Air Sahara 20002007

Merged into Jet Lite

Archana Airways[1]F5ACYARCHANA19911999
Airways (India)[2]19451955
Aryan Cargo ExpressYEACQACE CARGO20052010
Chhattisgarh Air Link20122019
CityLink AirwaysXF19921993
Cosmos AirwaysK619941997B.747F-Some wet-leased from Cargolux when needed.
Crescent Air CargoC8CAC20002006
Damania Airways[3]D2DMQ19931997Renamed/merged to Skyline NEPC
Darbhanga Aviation19501962
Deccan 360[4]3CDECDECCAN CARGO20092011
Deccan Airways Limited[2]19451953
Easy Air20152015Owned by Premier Airways
Elbee AirlinesLBE19941998
East-West AirlinesW2EWT19921995
Goa Way Aviation19921993
Gujarat Airways[5]G8GUJGUJARATI19952001
Himalayan Aviation19481953Merged into Indian Airlines
Himalayan Air Transport & Survey[6]19341935
Hinduja Cargo ServicesLFLCI19962000
Huns Air19741980
IndianICIACINDAIR20072011Merged into Air India
Indian AirlinesICIACINDAIR19532007Renamed Indian
Indian National Airways19251945
Indian Overseas Airlines19471950
Indian State Air Service19291931
Indian Transcontinental Airlines19331948
Indus AirO9ACY20062007
Irawaddy Flotilla & Airways[7]19341939Its fall was triggered by the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942[8][9]
Jamair19461977
Jet Airways9WJAIJET AIRWAYS19932019
Jet KonnectS2JLL20092014Merged to Jet Airways
JetLiteS2RSH;JLL20072012Renamed/merged to JetKonnect
Jupiter Airways[10]19481953
Kalinga Airlines19461965
Kingfisher AirlinesITKFRKINGFISHER20032012
Kingfisher RedDNDKN20082012
MDLR Airlines9HMDLMDLR20072009Was sold to Emirates in 2010[8]
Mistri Airways19461947Renamed Indian Overseas Airlines
ModiLuftHT, M9MODMODILUFT19941996Was converted into SpiceJet by Ajay Singh[8]
NEPC AirlinesD5NEP19931997
Orient Airways19461955
Paramount AirwaysI7PMWPARAWAY20052010
Pushpaka Airlines19791983
RajAir19931994
Safari Airways19711977
Sahara AirlinesS2JLL19932000Renamed Air Sahara
Simplifly DeccanDNDKNDECCAN20072008Merged to Kingfisher Red
Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa19551961Operated from Portuguese India
VayudootPFVDTVAYU19811997
VIF AirwaysV2VIF19931996
Vijay Airlines19811997

See also

References
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  2. "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.
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  5. "World Airline Directory". Flight-Global. 31 March 1999. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
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  7. "A Short History of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company". Travel-news-photos-stories.com.
  8. 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
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