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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:
109

Based business aircraft for charter:
369

Business air charter brokers:
76

Most prevalent aircraft types:

1	Airbus Helicopters AS365	39
2	Beechcraft King Air 200	39
3	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	34
4	Agusta A109	29
5	Bell 412	29
6	Embraer Legacy 600/650	29
7	Hawker 750/800/900	23
8	Beechcraft King Air 90	22
9	Bell 407	21
10	Citation 560XL	15
11	Airbus Helicopters H130	12
12	Cessna Caravan	12
13	Cessna Citation CJ2	12
14	Airbus Helicopters H145	11
15	Global 6000/Express/XRS	11
16	Falcon 2000	11
17	Bell 429	11
18	Bell 206L LongRanger	10
19	Beechcraft Premier	10
20	AgustaWestland AW139	10
21	Sikorsky S-76	10
22	AgustaWestland AW169	9
23	Challenger 605	8
24	Beechcraft King Air 300	7
25	Global 5000	7
26	Pilatus PC-12	6
27	Airbus Helicopters H135	6
28	Citation 550/551	6
29	Challenger 300	6
30	Falcon 2000 EASy	6
31	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	6
32	Boeing B-737	5
33	Global 7500	5
34	Pilatus PC-24	5
35	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	5
36	Embraer ERJ-135	5
37	Tecnam P2006T	5
38	Beechcraft Twin Piston	4
39	Bell 206B JetRanger	4
40	Robinson R66	4
41	Bell 427	4
42	Agusta A119	4
43	Embraer Phenom 100	4
44	Learjet 45	4
45	Partenavia P.68	3
46	Mil Mi-17 Hip-H	3
47	Gulfstream GIII	3
48	Boeing BBJ1	3
49	Eurocopter AS355	3
50	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	2
51	Beechjet 400	2
52	Beechcraft 1900	2
53	Learjet 60	2
54	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	2
55	Airbus ACJ320	2
56	MDH 902 Explorer	2
57	Falcon 900EASy	2
58	Piper twin piston	2
59	Gulfstream G500/G550	2
60	P180 Avanti	2
61	Learjet 40	2
62	Bell 230	2
63	Challenger 604	2
64	Embraer Phenom 300	1
65	Bell 430	1
66	Embraer Lineage 1000	1
67	Falcon 6X	1
68	Britten Norman BN2T	1
69	Schweizer 333	1
70	Boeing BBJ3	1
71	Airbus Helicopters H155B	1
72	Airbus Helicopters H120	1
73	Hawker 4000	1
74	Gulfstream G500/G600	1
75	Diamond DA62	1
76	Airbus ACJ319	1
77	Airbus Helicopters H160	1
78	Citation 650	1
79	Boeing BBJ2	1
80	Bombardier CRJ100	1
81	Bell 212	1
82	Cessna 400 series	1
83	Britten Norman BN-2 Islander	1
84	Falcon 8X	1
85	Aerospatiale SA315B	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Delhi (Indira Gandhi)	69 business aviation companies active
2	Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj)	35
3	Ahmedabad (SVP International)	30
4	Chennai	25
5	Mumbai (Juhu)	23
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	Silliguri (Bagdogra)	3
43	Prayagraj (Bamrauli)	3
44	Tezpur	3
45	Kolhapur	3
46	Bangalore (Jakkur)	3
47	Visakhapatnam	3
48	Vijayawada	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	Agatti Island	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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