List of defunct airlines of India
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This is a list of defunct airlines of India.
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Carnival |  | 2S | ACV | CARNAIR | 2016 | 2017 | |
| Air Costa |  | LB | LEP | LECOSTA | 2013 | 2017 | |
| Air India Cargo |  | AI | AIC | AIRINDIA | 1932 | 2012 | Still operates cargo via belly in passenger planes |
| Air Deccan (Mark I) | ,_Air_Deccan_AN1157334.jpg) | DN | DKN | DECCAN | 2003 | 2008 | 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 | _JP7687822.jpg) | CD;9I | LLR | ALLIED | 2007 | 2017 | Called Alliance Air from 1996 to 2007 then renamed back to Alliance Air in 2017. |
| Air Mantra | M1 | MANTRA | 2012 | 2013 | |||
| Air Odisha | 6X | ODISHA | 2012 | 2019 | |||
| Air Pegasus |  |
OP | PPL | PEGASUS | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Air Services of India | 1946 | 1953 | |||||
| AirAsia India |  | I5 | IAD | RED KNIGHT | 2014 | 2022 |
Acquired by Tata Group, renamed to AIX Connect in 2023, later merged with Air India Express in 2024 |
| Airways (India)[1] | 1945 | 1955 | |||||
| Ambica Airlines | 1947 | 1949 | |||||
| Archana Airways | F5 | ACY | ARCHANA | 1991 | 1999 | ||
| Aryan Cargo Express | _(cn_544)_Aryan_Cargo_Express._(14209983065).jpg) | YE | ACQ | ACE CARGO | 2005 | 2010 | Stored in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai |
| Chhattisgarh Air Link | 2012 | 2019 | |||||
| Crescent Air Cargo | C8 | CAC | 2000 | 2006 | |||
| Damania Airways[2] | D2 | DMQ | 1993 | 1997 | Renamed/merged to Skyline NEPC | ||
| Darbhanga Aviation | 1950 | 1962 | |||||
| Deccan 360[3] |  | 3C | DEC | DECCAN CARGO | 2009 | 2011 | |
| Deccan Airways[1] |  | 1945 | 1953 | ||||
| Dove Airlines | 2007 | 2015 | |||||
| East-West Airlines | W2 | EWT | 1992 | 1995 | |||
| Easy Air | 2015 | 2015 | Owned by Premier Airways | ||||
| Elbee Airlines | LBE | 1994 | 1998 | ||||
| FlyBig | S9 | FLG | KRIS | 2020 | 2025 | ||
| Gujarat Airways[4] | G8 | GUJ | GUJARATI | 1995 | 2001 | ||
| GoAir |  | G8 | GOW | GOAIR | 2005 | 2021 | Renamed to Go First in 2021 and liquidated in 2023 |
| Handley Page Indo-Burmese Transport[5] | First airline in present-day India, operated in the early 1920s | ||||||
| Himalayan Air Transport & Survey[6] | 1934 | 1935 | |||||
| Himalayan Aviation | 1948 | 1953 | Renamed to Indian Airlines | ||||
| Hinduja Cargo Services | .jpg) | LF | LCI | 1996 | 2000 | ||
| Indian Airlines |  | IC | IAC | INDAIR | 1953 | 2011 | Domestic National Carrier, merger with Air India started in 2007, completed in 2011. |
| Indian National Airways | 1925 | 1945 | |||||
| Indian Overseas Airlines | 1947 | 1950 | |||||
| Indus Air | .jpg) | O9 | ACY | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| Irrawaddy Flotilla & Airways[7] | 1934 | 1939 | Its fall was triggered by the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942[8][9] | ||||
| Jagson Airlines |  | JGN | JAGSON | 2005 | 2010 | ||
| Jamair | 1946 | 1977 | |||||
| Jet Airways | .jpg) | 9W | JAI | JET AIRWAYS | 1993 | 2019 | Ceased Operations in 2019, liquidation ordered in 2024 after multiple revival attempts stalled. |
| JetLite |  | S2 | JLL | LITE JET | 2007 | 2014 | Renamed JetKonnect in 2012, merged into Jet Airways in 2014. |
| Jupiter Airways[10] | 1948 | 1953 | |||||
| Kairali Airlines | 2013 | 2017 | |||||
| Kalinga Airlines | 1946 | 1965 | |||||
| Kingfisher Airlines | _(2).jpg) | IT | KFR | KINGFISHER | 2005 | 2012 | Ceased operations in 2012, flying license suspended in 2013. |
| MDLR Airlines | 9H | MDL | MDLR | 2007 | 2009 | ||
| Mistri Airways | 1946 | 1947 | Renamed Indian Overseas Airlines | ||||
| ModiLuft |  | HT, M9 | MOD | MODILUFT | 1994 | 1996 | Was converted into SpiceJet by Ajay Singh[8] |
| NEPC Airlines |  | D5 | NEP | 1993 | 1997 | ||
| Orient Airways | 1946 | 1955 | Became Pakistan International Airlines after transfer from Kolkata, India to Karachi, Pakistan | ||||
| Paramount Airways |  | I7 | PMW | PARAWAY | 2005 | 2010 | |
| Pushpaka Airlines | 1979 | 1983 | |||||
| Sahara Airlines (later Air Sahara) |  | S2 | RSH | SAHARA | 1993 | 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 India | ||||
| TruJet |  | 2T | TRJ | TRUJET | 2015 | 2022 | |
| UP Air | 1995[11] | 1998[12] | |||||
| Vayudoot |  | PF | VDT | VAYU | 1981 | 1997 | |
| VIF Airways | V2 | VIF | 1995[13] | 1996 | Based at Begumpet airport, Hyderabad, operated 30-seat Dornier 328-110 aircraft. | ||
| Vistara |  |
UK | VTI | VISTARA | 2015 | 2024 | Merged with Air India |
| Zooom Air | ZO | ZOM | ZOOM | 2013 | 2024 |