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Business aviation in India

Republic of India is in Asia.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation - www.dgca.gov.in

Registered business aircraft:
568

Based business air charter operators:
97

Based business aircraft for charter:
354

Business air charter brokers:
75

Most prevalent aircraft types:

1Airbus Helicopters AS36539
2Beechcraft King Air 20039
3Airbus Helicopters H125/AS35033
4Agusta A10929
5Embraer Legacy 600/65029
6Bell 41229
7Beechcraft King Air 9022
8Hawker 750/800/90022
9Bell 40721
10Citation 560XL15
11Cessna Citation CJ212
12Cessna Caravan12
13Falcon 200011
14Airbus Helicopters H14511
15Global 6000/Express/XRS11
16Bell 206L LongRanger10
17Sikorsky S-7610
18Bell 42910
19AgustaWestland AW13910
20Airbus Helicopters H1309
21Beechcraft Premier8
22Challenger 6058
23AgustaWestland AW1698
24Beechcraft King Air 3007
25Global 50007
26Pilatus PC-126
27Airbus Helicopters H1356
28Citation 550/5516
29Challenger 3006
30Falcon 2000 EASy6
31Gulfstream G100 series/Astra6
32Tecnam P2006T5
33Boeing B-7375
34Pilatus PC-245
35Gulfstream G200/Galaxy5
36Embraer ERJ-1355
37Learjet 454
38Bell 4274
39Global 75004
40Beechcraft Twin Piston4
41Embraer Phenom 1004
42Agusta A1194
43Bell 206B JetRanger4
44Robinson R664
45Partenavia P.683
46Mil Mi-17 Hip-H3
47Gulfstream GIII3
48Boeing BBJ13
49Eurocopter AS3553
50Bell 505 Jet Ranger X2
51Beechjet 4002
52Cessna CitationJet/CJ12
53Learjet 602
54Beechcraft 19002
55Airbus ACJ3202
56MDH 902 Explorer2
57Falcon 900EASy2
58Piper twin piston2
59Gulfstream G500/G5502
60P180 Avanti2
61Learjet 402
62Bell 2302
63Challenger 6042
64Embraer Phenom 3001
65Bell 4301
66Airbus Helicopters H1201
67Falcon 6X1
68Britten Norman BN2T1
69Schweizer 3331
70Boeing BBJ31
71Airbus Helicopters H155B1
72Embraer Lineage 10001
73Hawker 40001
74Gulfstream G500/G6001
75Diamond DA621
76Airbus ACJ3191
77Airbus Helicopters H1601
78Citation 6501
79Boeing BBJ21
80Bombardier CRJ1001
81Bell 2121
82Cessna 400 series1
83Britten Norman BN-2 Islander1
84Falcon 8X1
85Aerospatiale SA315B1

Major business aviation airports:

1Delhi (Indira Gandhi)69  business aviation companies active
2Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj)33
3Ahmedabad (SVP International)29
4Chennai25
5Mumbai (Juhu)23
6Kolkata (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose)17
7Pune (Lohegaon)16
8Hyderabad (Begumpet)16
9Bangalore (HAL)16
10Bangalore (Kempegowda International)14
11Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi)12
12Cochin International12
13Trivandrum11
14Jaipur10
15Goa (Dabolim)10
16Bhubaneshwar (Biju Patnaik)8
17Coimbatore8
18Nagpur (Dr Ambedkar International)7
19Calicut6
20Guwahati (Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi)6
21Udaipur (Maharana Pratap)5
22Surat5
23Lucknow (Chaudhary Charan Singh International)5
24Dehradun5
25Patna5
26Hosur4
27Kannur International4
28Mysore (Mandakalli)4
29Chandigarh4
30Varanasi (Lal Bahadur Shastri)4
31Vadodara4
32Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)4
33Ranchi (Birsa Munda)4
34Raipur (Swami Vivekananda)4
35Mangalore4
36Agra4
37Amritsar (Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International)4
38Jamnagar3
39Ozar (Nashik)3
40Silliguri (Bagdogra)3
41Prayagraj (Bamrauli)3
42Tezpur3
43Kolhapur3
44Bangalore (Jakkur)3
45Visakhapatnam3
46Vijayawada3
47Tirupati3
48Srinagar AB3
49Port Blair (Vir Savarkar)3
50Madurai3
51Jodhpur3
52Jammu3
53Indore (Devi Ahilyabai Holkar)3
54Imphal (Tulihal)3
55Gaya3
56Dimapur3
57Dibrugarh3
58Delhi (Safdarjung)3
59Bhopal3
60Shillong (Barapani)3
61Aurangabad3
62Agartala3
63Goa (Manohar International)2
64Hirasar (Rajkot International)2
65Jorhat2
66Durgapur (Kazi Nazrul Islam)2
67Pasighat2
68Bhatinda2
69Kakadi (Shirdi International)2
70Diu2
71Agatti Island2
72Kumbhigram (Silchar)2
73Gorakhpur2
74Gwalior2
75Leh (Kushok Bakula Rimpochee)2
76Bikaner 2
77Pathankot2
78Nanded (Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji)2
79Hubli2
80Shimla2
81Rajkot2
82Pantnagar2
83Ludhiana2
84Lilabari2
85Aizwal (Lengpui)2
86Kullu Manali2
87Khajuraho2
88Kanpur2
89Kangra (Gaggal)2
90Jabalpur2
91Bhuj2
92Bhavnagar2
93Belgaum2
94Delhi (Hindon)1
95Delhi (Noida International)1
96Mumbai (Navi Mumbai International)1
97Aligarh1
98Belora (Amravati)1
99Kadapa (Cuddapah)1
100Satna1
101Salem1
102Rupsi1
103Raxaul1
104Rajahmundry1
105Porbandar1
106Pondicherry1
107Kota1
108Keshod (Junagarh)1
109Gandhidham (Kandla)1
110Cooch Behar1
111Kolkata (Behala)1
112Akola1
113Fursatganj (Fursatganj)0
114Thoise0
115Puttaparthi (Sri Sathya Sai)0
116Ratnagiri0
117Jamshedpur (Sonari)0
118Deesa0
119Cochin (INS Garuda)0
120Chakulia0
121Bilaspur0
122Aizwal0

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