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Business aviation in India

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

Registered business aircraft:
601

Based business air charter operators:
116

Based business aircraft for charter:
379

Business air charter brokers:
81

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Delhi (Indira Gandhi)	71 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	Pune (Lohegaon)	17
8	Hyderabad (Begumpet)	17
9	Bangalore (HAL)	17
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	Bhubaneshwar (Biju Patnaik)	9
17	Coimbatore	9
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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