India is one of the flourishing markets for the aviation industry and according to a report submitted by the Airport Authority of India, there are about 7 custom airports, 28 civil airports, 80 domestic airports and 13 international airport making a total of more than 127 airports in the nation. In addition, the country has more than 1090 registered aircrafts as well.

Over the past years, there had been steady growth in the number of private players in the aviation industry in India because of deregulation and liberalization by the Government of India. Therefore, at present the aviation industry in the nation has three types of players like Low Cost Carriers, Full Cost Carriers and other start-up aviation companies.

An overview of the Indian aviation industry:

In the recent years, the aviation industry in the nation has registered an increase in the domestic passenger rate by 50% per annum, on the other hand the development of international passenger section is estimated at 25%/. In addition, experts in this sector predict that there would be a growth in the international cargo by 12% in the coming years. According to a prediction made by the civil aviation ministry of the nation, in the forth coming decade, the country would in need of nearly 1500-2000 passenger aircraft and out of these more than 130 planes has already been added. It is expected that by the year 2020, the Indian airports will be effective enough to support 100 million passengers inclusive of 60 million domestic passengers.

Top players in the aviation industry in India:

The names of some of the top players in the Indian aviation industry are given below:

Top five Aviation Companies:

• Blue Dart Aviation Limited

• Allied Aviation Private Limited

• Chambata Aviation Private Limited

• Bafna Aviation Private Limited

• Airnetz Aviation Private Limited

Some of the details regarding these top aviation companies in the Indian aviation industry are given below:

Blue Dart Aviation Limited:

Blue Dart Aviation Limited is a public limited company that is operating from its head office in the city of Chennai and registered office in the city of Mumbai. The company is registered under the Indian Companies Act 1956 and it is operating B757-200 and B737-200 freighters. They are leaders in time-definite scheduled freight services.

Allied Aviation Private Limited:

Allied Aviation Private Limited has its headquarters in the city of Mumbai and branch offices at different cities in India. Their activities range from the fields of charter operations, exports, imports, freight forwarding, outbound and inbound travel and airline G.S.As. The seed for the establishment of this firm was sown in the year 1986 and since then, it has attained healthy respect in the Indian aviation industry.

Chambata Aviation Private Limited:

Chambata Aviation Private Limited was incorporated in the year 1967 and the company had been a leader in the ground handling services and the company is registered under the International Air Transport Association’s subsidiary body. The company is maintaining high quality services in its aviation services through a considerate attitude towards all customers, well-maintained equipment and safe ground handling operation.

Bafna Aviation Private Limited:

Bafna Aviation Private Limited is dedicated to efficiency and professionalism and right from its inception the company had been the most successful corporations in the aviation industry. Bafna enables businessmen to minimize their investment cost, while maximizing their profit by offering the best alternative to owning a small fleet of single executive aircrafts.

Airnetz Aviation Private Limited:

Airnetz Aviation Private Limited is operating with south east Asia, middle east, east Asia and Indian subcontinent as its major markets with their corporate office in Navi Mumbai. The company is certified under director general of civil aviation regulations issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation of Government of India.