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Business aviation in India

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

Registered business aircraft:
603

Based business air charter operators:
115

Based business aircraft for charter:
381

Business air charter brokers:
80

Most prevalent aircraft types:

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Delhi (Indira Gandhi)	70 business aviation companies active
2	Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj)	36
3	Ahmedabad (SVP International)	31
4	Chennai	26
5	Mumbai (Juhu)	22
6	Kolkata (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose)	19
7	Hyderabad (Begumpet)	18
8	Bangalore (HAL)	18
9	Pune (Lohegaon)	16
10	Bangalore (Kempegowda International)	15
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	Srinagar AB	3
50	Port Blair (Vir Savarkar)	3
51	Madurai	3
52	Jammu	3
53	Indore (Devi Ahilyabai Holkar)	3
54	Imphal (Tulihal)	3
55	Gaya	3
56	Dimapur	3
57	Dibrugarh	3
58	Delhi (Safdarjung)	3
59	Bhopal	3
60	Shillong (Barapani)	3
61	Aurangabad	3
62	Agartala	3
63	Goa (Manohar International)	2
64	Hirasar (Rajkot International)	2
65	Jorhat	2
66	Durgapur (Kazi Nazrul Islam)	2
67	Pasighat	2
68	Bhatinda	2
69	Kakadi (Shirdi International)	2
70	Diu	2
71	Kumbhigram (Silchar)	2
72	Gorakhpur	2
73	Gwalior	2
74	Leh (Kushok Bakula Rimpochee)	2
75	Bikaner	2
76	Pathankot	2
77	Nanded (Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji)	2
78	Hubli	2
79	Vijayawada	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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