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Business aviation in India

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

Registered business aircraft:
565

Based business air charter operators:
96

Based business aircraft for charter:
350

Business air charter brokers:
75

Most prevalent aircraft types:

1	Airbus Helicopters AS365	40
2	Beechcraft King Air 200	39
3	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	33
4	Bell 412	30
5	Agusta A109	29
6	Embraer Legacy 600/650	27
7	Beechcraft King Air 90	23
8	Hawker 750/800/900	22
9	Bell 407	21
10	Citation 560XL	15
11	Cessna Caravan	12
12	Falcon 2000	11
13	Global 6000/Express/XRS	11
14	Airbus Helicopters H145	11
15	Cessna Citation CJ2	11
16	Sikorsky S-76	10
17	AgustaWestland AW139	10
18	Bell 429	10
19	Bell 206L LongRanger	10
20	Airbus Helicopters H130	9
21	AgustaWestland AW169	8
22	Beechcraft Premier	8
23	Challenger 605	8
24	Beechcraft King Air 300	7
25	Challenger 300	6
26	Pilatus PC-12	6
27	Airbus Helicopters H135	6
28	Global 5000	6
29	Citation 550/551	6
30	Falcon 2000 EASy	6
31	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	6
32	Boeing B-737	5
33	Tecnam P2006T	5
34	Embraer ERJ-135	5
35	Pilatus PC-24	5
36	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	5
37	Learjet 45	5
38	Agusta A119	4
39	Robinson R66	4
40	Embraer Phenom 100	4
41	Beechcraft Twin Piston	4
42	Bell 206B JetRanger	4
43	Gulfstream GIII	3
44	Mil Mi-17 Hip-H	3
45	Partenavia P.68	3
46	Global 7500	3
47	Eurocopter AS355	3
48	Bell 427	3
49	Boeing BBJ1	3
50	Piper twin piston	2
51	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	2
52	Falcon 900EASy	2
53	Beechcraft 1900	2
54	Bell 230	2
55	Gulfstream G500/G550	2
56	Learjet 60	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	Britten Norman BN2T	1
65	Falcon 6X	1
66	Embraer Lineage 1000	1
67	Gulfstream G500/G600	1
68	Airbus Helicopters H155B	1
69	Embraer Phenom 300	1
70	Aerospatiale SA315B	1
71	Airbus Helicopters H120	1
72	Bombardier CRJ100	1
73	Bell 430	1
74	Boeing BBJ3	1
75	Falcon 8X	1
76	Airbus ACJ319	1
77	Britten Norman BN-2 Islander	1
78	Hawker 4000	1
79	Bell 212	1
80	Cessna 400 series	1
81	Boeing BBJ2	1
82	Diamond DA62	1
83	Schweizer 333	1
84	Citation 650	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Delhi (Indira Gandhi)	72 business aviation companies active
2	Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj)	34
3	Ahmedabad (SVP International)	30
4	Chennai	26
5	Mumbai (Juhu)	23
6	Kolkata (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose)	17
7	Pune (Lohegaon)	16
8	Bangalore (HAL)	16
9	Hyderabad (Begumpet)	15
10	Bangalore (Kempegowda International)	14
11	Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi)	12
12	Cochin International	12
13	Jaipur	10
14	Trivandrum	10
15	Goa (Dabolim)	10
16	Bhubaneshwar (Biju Patnaik)	9
17	Nagpur (Dr Ambedkar International)	8
18	Coimbatore	8
19	Calicut	6
20	Guwahati (Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi)	6
21	Udaipur (Maharana Pratap)	5
22	Surat	5
23	Lucknow (Chaudhary Charan Singh International)	5
24	Dehradun	5
25	Patna	5
26	Hosur	4
27	Kannur International	4
28	Mysore (Mandakalli)	4
29	Chandigarh	4
30	Varanasi (Lal Bahadur Shastri)	4
31	Vadodara	4
32	Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)	4
33	Ranchi (Birsa Munda)	4
34	Raipur (Swami Vivekananda)	4
35	Mangalore	4
36	Agra	4
37	Amritsar (Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International)	4
38	Jamnagar	3
39	Ozar (Nashik)	3
40	Silliguri (Bagdogra)	3
41	Prayagraj (Bamrauli)	3
42	Tezpur	3
43	Kolhapur	3
44	Nanded (Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji)	3
45	Bangalore (Jakkur)	3
46	Visakhapatnam	3
47	Vijayawada	3
48	Tirupati	3
49	Srinagar AB	3
50	Port Blair (Vir Savarkar)	3
51	Madurai	3
52	Jodhpur	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	Agatti Island	2
73	Kumbhigram (Silchar)	2
74	Gorakhpur	2
75	Gwalior	2
76	Leh (Kushok Bakula Rimpochee)	2
77	Bikaner	2
78	Pathankot	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	Jamshedpur (Sonari)	1
111	Cooch Behar	1
112	Kolkata (Behala)	1
113	Akola	1
114	Fursatganj (Fursatganj)	0
115	Thoise	0
116	Puttaparthi (Sri Sathya Sai)	0
117	Ratnagiri	0
118	Deesa	0
119	Cochin (INS Garuda)	0
120	Chakulia	0
121	Bilaspur	0
122	Aizwal	0

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