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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Delhi (Indira Gandhi)	69 business aviation companies active
2	Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj)	33
3	Ahmedabad (SVP International)	29
4	Chennai	25
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	Trivandrum	11
14	Jaipur	10
15	Goa (Dabolim)	10
16	Bhubaneshwar (Biju Patnaik)	8
17	Coimbatore	8
18	Nagpur (Dr Ambedkar International)	7
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	Bangalore (Jakkur)	3
45	Visakhapatnam	3
46	Vijayawada	3
47	Tirupati	3
48	Srinagar AB	3
49	Port Blair (Vir Savarkar)	3
50	Madurai	3
51	Jodhpur	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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