VT Aircrafts

As on 31 Aug 2026

The fleet in numbers

India's scheduled and non-scheduled fleet, from DGCA's operator lists and registration reports. Ages count only aircraft with a known build year, and every figure says how many that is.

Aircraft
1,306
150 operators
Types
83
225 helicopters
Seats
1,20,730
as printed on the lists
Average age
8.1 yrs
1,022 of 1,306 known

Average fleet age

by operator, largest fleets first

Scheduled airlines, plus non-scheduled operators with ten or more aircraft. Build year is DGCA’s year of manufacture, or VRS standing-data where DGCA has none. Age is counted to 2026.

Registered and deregistered

per year, 2010 to 2026
Show as a table
YearRegisteredDeregistered
201010760
20119734
201211091
20137184
20145667
20154629
20168339
201717243
201821742
2019179137
20207732
20214756
2022155104
202317952
2024229192
202522781
202615483

Every civil registration in DGCA’s reports, including private, flying school and state aircraft. DGCA’s reports for July to December 2021 are scanned images and are not counted, so 2021 is low. 2026 is the year to date.

Most common types

All types

Largest owners and lessors

All owners and lessors

Oldest aircraft on a permit

RegistrationTypeOperatorBuiltAge
VT-EJZBeechcraft King Air C90Redbird Airways198640 yrs
VT-BDNBoeing 757Blue Dart Aviation199234 yrs
VT-MPGBeechcraft King Air 200Saarthi Airways199234 yrs
VT-SRCBeechcraft King Air 200VSR Ventures199333 yrs
VT-UPABeechcraft King Air 350Jhankar Aviation199333 yrs
VT-MAEMil Mi-172Sky One Airways199432 yrs
VT-TAAPartenavia P.68Pinnacle Air199432 yrs
VT-NKFBeechcraft King Air C90Pinnacle Air199531 yrs
VT-BDBBoeing 757Blue Dart Aviation199630 yrs
VT-BDQBoeing 757Blue Dart Aviation199630 yrs
VT-MEGPilatus PC-12VSR Ventures199630 yrs
VT-BDABoeing 757Blue Dart Aviation199729 yrs