# List of defunct airlines of India

This is a list of defunct airlines of India.
| Airline | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
| Air Asiatic | | | | 1990 | 1991 | |
| Air Carnival | 2S | ACV | CARNAIR | 2016 | 2017 | |
| Air Costa | LB | LEP | LECOSTA | 2013 | 2017 | |
| Air Dravida | | | | 2004 | 2008 | |
| Air India Cargo | AI | AIC | AIR INDIA | 1932 | 2012 | |
| Air India International | AI | AIC | | 1946 | 1962 | Renamed to Air India |
| Air India Regional | CD;9I | LLR | | 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 | 2011 | 2019 | |
| Air Pegasus | OP | PPL | PEGASUS | 2007 | 2016 | |
| Air Sahara | S2 | RSH | | 2000 | 2007 | Merged into Jet Lite, later merged into Jet Airways. |
| Air Services of India | | | | 1946 | 1953 | |
| AirAsia India | I5 | IAD | RED KNIGHT | 2014 | 2022 | Acquired by Tata Group, renamed to AIX Connect. |
| Airways (India) | | | | 1945 | 1955 | |
| AIX Connect | I5 | IAD | RED KNIGHT | 2022 | 2024 | Merged into Air India Express |
| Ambica Airlines | | | | 1947 | 1949 | |
| Archana Airways | F5 | ACY | ARCHANA | 1991 | 1999 | |
| Aryan Cargo Express | YE | ACQ | ACE CARGO | 2005 | 2010 | Stored in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai |
| Chhattisgarh Air Link | | | | 2012 | 2019 | |
| CityLink Airways | XF | | | 1992 | 1993 | |
| Cosmos Airways | K6 | | | 1994 | 1997 | B.747F-Some wet-leased from Cargolux when needed. |
| Crescent Air Cargo | C8 | CAC | | 2000 | 2006 | |
| Damania Airways | D2 | DMQ | | 1993 | 1997 | Renamed/merged to Skyline NEPC |
| Darbhanga Aviation | | | | 1950 | 1962 | |
| Deccan 360 | 3C | DEC | DECCAN CARGO | 2009 | 2011 | |
| Deccan Airways | | | | 1945 | 1953 | |
| Dove Airlines | | | | 2007 | | |
| East-West Airlines | W2 | EWT | | 1992 | 1995 | |
| Easy Air | | | | 2015 | 2015 | Owned by Premier Airways |
| Elbee Airlines | | LBE | | 1994 | 1998 | |
| Goa Way Aviation | | | | 1992 | 1993 | |
| Gujarat Airways | G8 | GUJ | GUJARATI | 1995 | 2001 | |
| GoAir | G8 | GOW | GOAIR | 2005 | 2021 | Renamed to Go First |
| Go First | G8 | GOW | GOAIR | 2021 | 2023 | Liquidated |
| Handley Page Indo-Burmese Transport | | | | | | First airline in present-day India, operated in the early 1920s |
| Himalayan Air Transport & Survey | | | | 1934 | 1935 | |
| Himalayan Aviation | | | | 1948 | 1953 | Renamed to Indian Airlines |
| Hinduja Cargo Services | LF | LCI | | 1996 | 2000 | |
| Huns Air | | | | 1974 | 1980 | |
| Indian | IC | IAC | INDAIR | 2007 | 2011 | Merged into Air India |
| Indian Airlines | IC | IAC | INDAIR | 1953 | 2007 | Renamed to Indian |
| Indian National Airways | | | | 1925 | 1945 | |
| Indian Overseas Airlines | | | | 1947 | 1950 | |
| Indian State Air Service | | | | 1929 | 1931 | |
| Indian Transcontinental Airlines | | | | 1933 | 1948 | |
| Indus Air | O9 | ACY | | 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 | JAI | JET AIRWAYS | 1993 | 2019 | Liquidated |
| Jet Konnect | S2 | JLL | | 2009 | 2014 | Merged into Jet Airways, Liquidated |
| JetLite | S2 | RSH/JLL | | 2007 | 2012 | Renamed/merged with Jet Konnect |
| Jupiter Airways | | | | 1948 | 1953 | |
| Kairali Airlines | | | | 2013 | 2017 | |
| Kalinga Airlines | | | | 1946 | 1965 | |
| Kingfisher Airlines | IT | KFR | KINGFISHER | 2003 | 2012 | Liquidated |
| Kingfisher Red | DN | DKN | | 2008 | 2012 | |
| MDLR Airlines | 9H | MDL | MDLR | 2007 | 2009 | Was sold to Emirates in 2010 |
| Mistri Airways | | | | 1946 | 1947 | Renamed Indian Overseas Airlines |
| ModiLuft | HT, M9 | MOD | MODILUFT | 1994 | 1996 | Was converted into SpiceJet by Ajay Singh |
| 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 | |
| RajAir | | | | 1993 | 1994 | |
| Safari Airways | | | | 1971 | 1977 | |
| Sahara Airlines | S2 | RSH | | 1993 | 2000 | Renamed to Air Sahara |
| Simplifly Deccan | DN | DKN | DECCAN | 2007 | 2008 | Merged into Kingfisher Airlines |
| Supreme Airlines | | | | 2016 | 2018 | |
| Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa | | | | 1955 | 1961 | Operated from Portuguese India |
| TruJet | 2T | TRJ | TRUJET | 2015 | 2022 | Ceased all operations in February 2022 |
| Vayudoot | PF | VDT | VAYU | 1981 | 1997 | |
| VIF Airways | V2 | VIF | | 1993 | 1996 | |
| Vijay Airlines | | | | 1981 | 1997 | |
| Vistara | UK | VTI | VISTARA | 2013 | 2024 | Merged into Air India |