Star Air, is an Indian regional airline, headquartered in Bengaluru. It is owned by the Sanjay Ghodawat Group. It started operations in January 2019, with its main base at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru. It initially operated flights within Karnataka, and later expanded to other states as part of India's UDAN scheme. The airline operates an all-Embraer fleet of ERJ 145LRs and E175s.
History In March 2017, the Sanjay Ghodawat Group sought permission from the Government of India to operate a regional airline. Named as Star Air, the airline acquired its first aircraft, an Embraer ERJ 145LR, in June 2018. It obtained its Air Operator's Certificate in early January 2019 and announced that it would operate flights under the central government's UDAN scheme, with its main hub at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru. On 25 January 2019, the airline's operated its first flight from Bengaluru to Hubli. The airline inducted its first Embraer E175ER aircraft in May 2023, and started offering select seats in business class. The airline inducted its tenth aircraft, an E175, in April 2025. On 1 September 2025, Star Air signed a memorandum of understanding with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to set up a dedicated maintenance, repair and overhaul unit for its Embraer aircraft at Nashik.
Corporate affairs Star Air is headquartered at the KIADB Hi-Tech Defence and Aerospace Park in Bengaluru.
Destinations As of , Star Air flies to 32 domestic destinations within India with its hubs at Kempegowda International Airport and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
+Star Air destinationsStateCityAirportNotesRef.Andhra PradeshTirupatiTirupati Airport BiharPurniaPurnea Airport ChhattisgarhRaipurSwami Vivekananda Airport Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuDiuDiu Airport GoaMopaManohar International Airport GujaratAhmedabadSardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport BhujBhuj Airport JamnagarJamnagar Airport MundraMundra Airport SuratSurat Airport Karnataka BallariBellary AirportBengaluruKempegowda International AirportBelgaumBelgaum Airport BidarBidar Airport HubliHubli AirportKalaburagiKalaburagi Airport MysoreMysore AirportShimogaShivamogga Airport Vidyanagar Jindal Vijayanagar Airport Madhya PradeshIndoreDevi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport MaharashtraGondiaGondia Airport KolhapurChhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport MumbaiChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Navi Mumbai International Airport NagpurDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport NandedShri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport PunePune Airport SolapurSolapur Airport OdishaBhubaneswarBiju Patnaik Airport JharsugudaVeer Surendra Sai Airport PunjabJalandharAdampur Airport Rajasthan JaipurJaipur International Airport JodhpurJodhpur Airport KishangarhKishangarh Airport Tamil NaduMaduraiMadurai Airport TelanganaHyderabadRajiv Gandhi International Airport Uttar PradeshGhaziabadHindon Airport LucknowChaudhary Charan Singh International Airport West Bengal KolkataNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Fleet
Current fleet , Star Air operates the following aircraft: + Star Air fleet Aircraft In service Orders Passengers NotesCYTotalEmbraer ERJ 145LR2——5050Embraer E175LR82126476Total102 Former fleet , Star Air operated 3 Embraer ERJ 145 and 8 Embraer 175.
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