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 Carnival 2SACVCARNAIR 2016 2017 Air Costa LBLEPLECOSTA 2013 2017 Air India Cargo AIAICAIRINDIA 1932 2012 Still operates cargo via belly in passenger planes Air Deccan (Mark I) DNDKNDECCAN20032008 Acquired by Kingfisher Airlines in 2007 and rebranded as Simplifly Deccan, later rebranded as Kingfisher Red in 2008. Air Deccan (Mark II) DN DKN AIR DECCAN 2017 2020 Relaunched under the UDAN Regional Connectivity Scheme, ceased operations in April 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Air India Regional CD;9ILLRALLIED 2007 2017 Called Alliance Air from 1996 to 2007 then renamed back to Alliance Air in 2017. Air Mantra M1 MANTRA2012 2013 Air Odisha 6X ODISHA2012 2019 Air Pegasus OPPPLPEGASUS 2015 2016 Air Services of India 1946 1953 AirAsia India I5IADRED KNIGHT 2014 2022 Acquired by Tata Group, renamed to AIX Connect in 2023, later merged with Air India Express in 2024 Airways (India) 1945 1955 Ambica Airlines 1947 1949 Archana Airways F5ACYARCHANA 1991 1999 Aryan Cargo Express YEACQACE CARGO 2005 2010 Stored in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai Chhattisgarh Air Link20122019 Crescent Air Cargo C8CAC2000 2006 Damania Airways D2DMQ1993 1997Renamed/merged to Skyline NEPC Darbhanga Aviation 1950 1962 Deccan 360 3CDECDECCAN CARGO 2009 2011 Deccan Airways 1945 1953 Dove Airlines 2007 2015 East-West Airlines W2EWT 1992 1995 Easy Air 2015 2015 Owned by Premier Airways Elbee AirlinesLBE 1994 1998 FlyBig S9 FLG KRIS 2020 2025 Gujarat Airways G8GUJGUJARATI 1995 2001 GoAir G8 GOW GOAIR 2005 2021 Renamed to Go First in 2021 and liquidated in 2023Handley Page Indo-Burmese TransportFirst airline in present-day India, operated in the early 1920s Himalayan Air Transport & Survey 1934 1935 Himalayan Aviation 1948 1953 Renamed to Indian AirlinesHinduja Cargo Services LF LCI 19962000 Indian Airlines ICIACINDAIR 1953 2011 Domestic National Carrier, merger with Air India started in 2007, completed in 2011. Indian National Airways 1925 1945 Indian Overseas Airlines1947 1950 Indus Air O9ACY 2006 2007 Irrawaddy Flotilla & Airways 1934 1939 Its fall was triggered by the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942 Jagson Airlines JGN JAGSON 2005 2010 Jamair 1946 1977 Jet Airways 9W JAIJET AIRWAYS 1993 2019 Ceased Operations in 2019, liquidation ordered in 2024 after multiple revival attempts stalled. JetLite S2JLLLITE JET 2007 2014Renamed JetKonnect in 2012, merged into Jet Airways in 2014. Jupiter Airways 1948 1953 Kairali Airlines 2013 2017 Kalinga Airlines 1946 1965 Kingfisher Airlines ITKFRKINGFISHER 2005 2012 Ceased operations in 2012, flying license suspended in 2013. MDLR Airlines9HMDLMDLR2007 2009 Mistri Airways1946 1947 Renamed Indian Overseas Airlines ModiLuft HT, M9MODMODILUFT 1994 1996 Was converted into SpiceJet by Ajay Singh NEPC Airlines D5NEP1993 1997 Orient Airways 1946 1955 Became Pakistan International Airlines after transfer from Kolkata, India to Karachi, Pakistan Paramount Airways I7PMWPARAWAY 2005 2010 Pushpaka Airlines1979 1983 Sahara Airlines (later Air Sahara) S2RSHSAHARA1993 2007 Rebranded as Air Sahara in 2000, Acquired by Jet Airways and rebranded as Jet Lite in 2007, rebranded as Jet Konnect in 2012, merged into Jet Airways in 2014. Supreme Airlines 2016 2018 Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa 1955 1961 Operated from Portuguese IndiaTruJet 2T TRJ TRUJET 2015 2022 UP Air 1995 1998 Vayudoot PFVDTVAYU19811997 VIF Airways V2VIF 1995 1996 Based at Begumpet airport, Hyderabad, operated 30-seat Dornier 328-110 aircraft.VistaraUKVTIVISTARA20152024Merged with Air IndiaZooom AirZOZOMZOOM20132024

List of defunct airlines of India

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