Airline in India and list of operational and defunct airlines from India-

Airlines in India:

India had bilateral air services agreements with 93 countries as on May 31 1999. Earlier, two public sectors and government controlled Airlines- Indian Airlines and Air India were disinvested of government equities, while Air India was disinvested by 60%, 51% of the Indian Airlines was disinvested. Aur India Limited is the major international carrier of the country. Air India owns a fleet of 26 aircraft consisting of six B-747-200, two B-747-300, seven B-747-400, three A 300-B4 and eight A 310-300 aircraft. It operates to 57 domestic station (including alliance Air operations) and 17 international stations in 14 countries. 

Our capacity for Civil Aviation for international route increased from 150 thousands pessenger in 1950-51 to 3,436 thousands passengers in 1998. The cargo handling also increased from 3.2 thousands tonnes to 92 tonnes. Mostly international level cargo is transported by airlines. During April-December 2005, international and domestic cargo recorded a growth of 11.7% and 6.6 % respectively. This growth is the second highest in the world, next to China. 

The number of domestic passenger increased from 3.03 thousands in 1950-51 to 11,547 thousands in 1999-2000 in 50 years and cargo from 36.9 thousand tonnes to 125 thousands tonnes for the same period. The domestic traffic grew by 24.2 percent in 2005 in comparison to 2004.

The Airport Authority of India maintains 92 civil airports and 28 defence airports. The handling capacity of the passengers by the airports increased from 178.7 thousands tonnes in 1973 to 699.0 thousands tonnes in 1998.

Presently, Air India has the fleet of 25 aircraft and Indian Airlines has 50 aircraft. With the help of some private airlines, our civil aviation sector is managing the air transport. The modernization and privatization of four major airports are being undertaken. The international airport in Delhi and Mumbai are being modernized and upgraded through private sector participation. In fact, airports are in favour for a major overhaul with the government all set to bring in private players in a big way to modernize and upgrade existing airports and also for construction of Greenfield projects. Proposal to setup Greenfield Airports in Navi Mumbai, Kannur in Kerala, Ladhowal near Ludhiana and Pakyong near Gangtok in Sikkim are in the pipeline. An international Greenfield airport has already been built and is operational in kochi. 

Policy initiative taken by the government have had a marked impact upon airline traffic. The entry of low cost carriers offering no-frills flight which are 30 to 35 percent cheaper than the regular flight has led to the respectable growth of domestic and international traffic. Accordingly, the year 2005 witnessed commencement of new air services on low cost pattern. While the Air India and Air India Express have started services to Dacca, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles, Seoul, Sharjah, Singapore and Zorento, the Indian Airlines have commenced new services to Bangkok, Kabul, Kuala, Lumpur, Sharjah, Singapore and Yangon. 

List of Defunct Airlines from India with their headquarters and Commenced operations-

Air India Cargo, Mumbai (1954) 

Air Deccan, Bengaluru (2004)

 

Air Sahara, Mumbai (1991) 

Air Services of India, Mumbai (1936) 

Airways (India) Limited, Kolkata (1945) 

Ambica Airlines, Mumbai (1947) 

Archana Airways, New Delhi (1991) 

Aryan Cargo Express, New Delhi (2005)

Barat Airways, Mumbai(1995)

Crescent Air Cargo, Chennai(2000)

Damania Airways, Mumbai(1993) 

Darbhanga Aviation, Kolkata(1950) 

East West Airlines, Mumbai(1992) 

Elbee Airlines, Mumbai(1994)

Gujarat Airways, Ahmedabad(1995) Himalayan 

Air Transport and Survey Limited, Kolkata(1934)

Himalayan Aviation, Kolkata(1948) 

Indian Airlines, New Delhi(1953) 

Indian National Airways, Delhi(1925)

Indian Overseas Airlines, Mumbai(1947) Indian

State Air Service(ISAS), Kolkata(1929) 

Indian Transcontinental Airlines, Kolkata(1933)

Indus Airways, New Delhi(2006)

Irwaddy Flotilla and Airways, Chennai (1934)

Jetlite, Mumbai(2007) 

Jupiter Airways, Mumbai(1948) 

Kingfisher Red, Mumbai (2007)

MDLR Airlines, New Delhi (2007)

ModiLuft, Mumbai(1994)

Skyline NEPC, Chennai

Orient Airways, Kolkata(1946)

Tata Airlines, Mumbai(1932)

Vayudoot, New Delhi (1981)

Vijay Airlines, Chennai (1981)

Paramount Airways, Chennai (2005)

Pushpaka Airlines, Mumbai (1979) 

List of Operational Airlines of India with their headquarters and commenced operation-

Air India, Mumbai (1932) 

Air India Express, Kochi (2005) 

Air India Regional, Mumbai (1996) 

Air Kerala, Kochi (2013) 

Air Mantra, New Delhi (2012) 

Air Odisha, Bhubaneswar (2012) 

Blue Dart Aviation, Chennai (1995) 

Club One Air, Mumbai (2005) 

Chhattisgarh Air Link, Raipur (2012) 

Deccan 360, Bengaluru (2009) 

Deccan Charters, Bengaluru (1997) 

Deccan Shuttles, Ahmedabad (2012) 

GoAir, Mumbai (2004) 

IndiGo, Gurgaon (2006) 

Invision Air, Mumbai (2011) 

Jagson Airlines, Delhi (1991) 

Jet Airways, Mumbai (1993) 

Kingfisher Airlines, Mumbai (2011) 

Quikjet Cargo, Bengaluru (2012) 

Spicejet, Chennai (2005) 

TajAir, Mumbai (1993) 

Ventura Airconnect, Gurgaon (2011) 

India's first metro Railway and Delhi Metro is the Pride of the Nation and 18 Railway zones and divisions

India's first metro Railway:

With the opening of the Metro Railway in Calcutta on October 24, 1984 India became the fifth country in Asia and 82nd the world, to possess the prestigious Underground Railway System. Metro rail facilities were made available to passengers commuting from Dum Dum to Belgachia in the north and from Esplanade to Bhawanipur section was extended. On April 28, 1986 Esplanade- Bhawanipur section was extended by another four kilometre upto Tollyganj, the southern terminus. With this about 10 kilometre length out of the total route length of 16.43 kilometres of the Calcutta Metro came under commercial operation in two stretches, Esplanade-Tollyganj (8 kms) and Dum Dum-Belgachia (2 kms). It has 17 stations including the terminal at Dum Dum and Tollyganj. While the two terminals, viz-Dum Dum and Tollyganj are on the surface, the remaining 16 stations are under ground.

Delhi Metro Pride of the Nation:

The much awaited Delhi Metro train was flagged off by then Prime Minister Mr. A.B Vajpayee on December 24, 2002 covering the 8.3 kilometre stretch touching six stations from Shahdara to Tis Hazari. It is rapidly expanding, and has become a world class Metro. 

18 Railway zones and divisions of India and their headquarters:

Central Railway- Mumbai C.S.T, 1951

Eastern Railway- Kolkata, 1955

East Central Railway- Hajipur, 2002

East Coast Railway- Bhubaneswar, 2003

Northern Railway- New Delhi, 1952

North Eastern Railway- Gorakhpur, 1952

North East Frontier Railway- Guwahati, 1958

North Western Railway- Jaipur, 2002

North Central Railway- Allahabad, 2003

Southern Railway- Chennai, 1951

South Central Railway-Secundrabad, 1969

South Eastern Railway- Kolkata, 1955

South Western Railway- Hubli, 2003

South East Central Railway- Bilaspur, 2003

Western Railway- Mumbai Church Gate, 1951

West Central Railway- Jabalpur, 2003

Kolkata Metro- Kolkata (West Bengal) , 2010

Southern Coast Railway- Visakhapatnam, 2019

India's first metro Railway and Delhi Metro is the Pride of the Nation and 18 Railway zones. 

Some other important points related to Indian Railways are given here-

I. First Electric Train of India in Mumbai between Mumbai V.T.(now C.S.T) and Kurla in 1925.

II. The longest railway plateform in India is at Gorakhpur of Uttar Pradesh and it is about 1.3 kilometres. 

III. Largest Marshalling yard in India is at Mughal Sarai of Uttar Pradesh. 

IV. Most tunnels on a route is Kalka-Shimla rail route having 102 tunnels. 

V. Longest railway bridge link between Idapalli and Vollarpadam in Kerala and is about 4.62 kilometres. 

VI. The third class (III class) on the Indian Railways was abolished in 1974.

VII. Two states in India namely Sikkim and Meghalaya do not have any railways.