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Business aviation in India

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Directorate General of Civil Aviation - www.dgca.gov.in

Registered business aircraft:
580

Based business air charter operators:
112

Based business aircraft for charter:
369

Business air charter brokers:
78

Most prevalent aircraft types:

1	Beechcraft King Air 200	39
2	Airbus Helicopters AS365	39
3	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	34
4	Embraer Legacy 600/650	29
5	Bell 412	29
6	Agusta A109	29
7	Hawker 750/800/900	23
8	Beechcraft King Air 90	22
9	Bell 407	21
10	Citation 560XL	16
11	Cessna Citation CJ2	12
12	Global 6000/Express/XRS	12
13	Airbus Helicopters H130	12
14	Bell 429	11
15	Airbus Helicopters H145	11
16	Cessna Caravan	11
17	Beechcraft Premier	10
18	Falcon 2000	10
19	Bell 206L LongRanger	10
20	AgustaWestland AW139	10
21	Sikorsky S-76	10
22	Challenger 605	9
23	AgustaWestland AW169	9
24	Global 5000	8
25	Beechcraft King Air 300	7
26	Falcon 2000 EASy	6
27	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	6
28	Challenger 300	6
29	Airbus Helicopters H135	6
30	Citation 550/551	6
31	Pilatus PC-12	6
32	Tecnam P2006T	5
33	Boeing B-737	5
34	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	5
35	Embraer ERJ-135	5
36	Pilatus PC-24	5
37	Global 7500	5
38	Beechcraft Twin Piston	4
39	Agusta A119	4
40	Embraer Phenom 100	4
41	Robinson R66	4
42	Learjet 45	4
43	Bell 206B JetRanger	4
44	Bell 427	4
45	Partenavia P.68	3
46	Mil Mi-17 Hip-H	3
47	Eurocopter AS355	3
48	Boeing BBJ1	3
49	Gulfstream GIII	3
50	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	2
51	Bell 230	2
52	Falcon 900EASy	2
53	Piper twin piston	2
54	Beechcraft 1900	2
55	Learjet 60	2
56	Gulfstream G500/G550	2
57	Falcon 6X	2
58	Beechjet 400	2
59	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	2
60	Learjet 40	2
61	Challenger 604	2
62	P180 Avanti	2
63	MDH 902 Explorer	2
64	Airbus ACJ320	2
65	Gulfstream G500/G600	1
66	Embraer Lineage 1000	1
67	Hawker 4000	1
68	Britten Norman BN2T	1
69	Aerospatiale SA315B	1
70	Embraer Phenom 300	1
71	Airbus Helicopters H155B	1
72	Viking DHC-6	1
73	Boeing BBJ3	1
74	Bell 430	1
75	Bombardier CRJ100	1
76	Bell 212	1
77	Falcon 8X	1
78	Britten Norman BN-2 Islander	1
79	Schweizer 333	1
80	Airbus Helicopters H160	1
81	Cessna 400 series	1
82	Airbus ACJ319	1
83	Citation 650	1
84	Boeing BBJ2	1
85	Diamond DA62	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Delhi (Indira Gandhi)	69 business aviation companies active
2	Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj)	34
3	Ahmedabad (SVP International)	30
4	Chennai	26
5	Mumbai (Juhu)	22
6	Kolkata (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose)	19
7	Hyderabad (Begumpet)	18
8	Bangalore (HAL)	17
9	Pune (Lohegaon)	16
10	Bangalore (Kempegowda International)	14
11	Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi)	13
12	Cochin International	12
13	Trivandrum	11
14	Jaipur	10
15	Goa (Dabolim)	10
16	Coimbatore	9
17	Bhubaneshwar (Biju Patnaik)	8
18	Nagpur (Dr Ambedkar International)	7
19	Surat	6
20	Dehradun	6
21	Kozhikode (Calicut)	6
22	Guwahati (Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi)	6
23	Udaipur (Maharana Pratap)	5
24	Lucknow (Chaudhary Charan Singh International)	5
25	Patna	5
26	Hosur	4
27	Ozar (Nashik)	4
28	Kannur International	4
29	Mysore (Mandakalli)	4
30	Chandigarh	4
31	Varanasi (Lal Bahadur Shastri)	4
32	Vadodara	4
33	Tirupati	4
34	Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)	4
35	Ranchi (Birsa Munda)	4
36	Raipur (Swami Vivekananda)	4
37	Mangalore	4
38	Jodhpur	4
39	Agra	4
40	Amritsar (Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International)	4
41	Jamnagar	3
42	Agatti Island	3
43	Silliguri (Bagdogra)	3
44	Prayagraj (Bamrauli)	3
45	Tezpur	3
46	Kolhapur	3
47	Bangalore (Jakkur)	3
48	Visakhapatnam	3
49	Vijayawada	3
50	Srinagar AB	3
51	Port Blair (Vir Savarkar)	3
52	Madurai	3
53	Jammu	3
54	Indore (Devi Ahilyabai Holkar)	3
55	Imphal (Tulihal)	3
56	Gaya	3
57	Dimapur	3
58	Dibrugarh	3
59	Delhi (Safdarjung)	3
60	Bhopal	3
61	Shillong (Barapani)	3
62	Aurangabad	3
63	Agartala	3
64	Goa (Manohar International)	2
65	Hirasar (Rajkot International)	2
66	Jorhat	2
67	Durgapur (Kazi Nazrul Islam)	2
68	Pasighat	2
69	Bhatinda	2
70	Kakadi (Shirdi International)	2
71	Diu	2
72	Kumbhigram (Silchar)	2
73	Gorakhpur	2
74	Gwalior	2
75	Leh (Kushok Bakula Rimpochee)	2
76	Bikaner	2
77	Pathankot	2
78	Nanded (Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji)	2
79	Hubli	2
80	Shimla	2
81	Rajkot	2
82	Pantnagar	2
83	Ludhiana	2
84	Lilabari	2
85	Aizwal (Lengpui)	2
86	Kullu Manali	2
87	Khajuraho	2
88	Kanpur	2
89	Kangra (Gaggal)	2
90	Jabalpur	2
91	Bhuj	2
92	Bhavnagar	2
93	Belgaum	2
94	Delhi (Hindon)	1
95	Delhi (Noida International)	1
96	Mumbai (Navi Mumbai International)	1
97	Aligarh	1
98	Belora (Amravati)	1
99	Kadapa (Cuddapah)	1
100	Satna	1
101	Salem	1
102	Rupsi	1
103	Raxaul	1
104	Rajahmundry	1
105	Porbandar	1
106	Pondicherry	1
107	Kota	1
108	Keshod (Junagarh)	1
109	Gandhidham (Kandla)	1
110	Cooch Behar	1
111	Kolkata (Behala)	1
112	Akola	1
113	Fursatganj (Fursatganj)	0
114	Thoise	0
115	Puttaparthi (Sri Sathya Sai)	0
116	Ratnagiri	0
117	Jamshedpur (Sonari)	0
118	Deesa	0
119	Cochin (INS Garuda)	0
120	Chakulia	0
121	Bilaspur	0
122	Aizwal	0

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