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Business aviation in India

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

Registered business aircraft:
578

Based business air charter operators:
110

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