Will Kingfisher close down?

TSI TEAM | New Delhi, October 3, 2012 11:52
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Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines may face government axe over current turmoil. The government has warned the airlines that it would be forced to stop operations on two factors, non-payment of salaries from April this year and failure to produce air worthiness certificate of aircrafts.

If Kingfisher is grounded it would not be the first airline to cease operations. The Sunday Indian team brings you the list of airlines that ceased operations since 1930.

List of defunct airlines in India.

AIRLINES	COMMENCED OPERATIONS	CEASED OPERATIONS
Air India Cargo	1952	2012
Air Deccan	2004	2007 Merged into Kingfisher Airlines
Air Sahara	1991	2006 Taken over by Jet Airways and rebranded as JetLite
Air Services of India	1936	1953
Airways (India) Limited	1945	1955
Ambica Airlines	1947	1949
Archana Airways	1991	1999
Aryan Cargo Express	2005	2010
Bhaarat Airways	1995	1999
Crescent Air Cargo	2000	2006
Damania Airways	1993	1997
Darbhanga Aviations	1950	1962
East-West Airlines	1992	1995
Elbee Airlines	1994	1995
Gujarat Airways	1995	2001
Himalayans Air Transport & Survey Limited	1934	1935
Himalayan Aviation	1948	1953
Indian	1953	2011
Indian National Airways	1925	1945
Indian Overseas Airlines	1947	1950
IndianStateAir Service (ISAS)	1929	1931
Indian Transcontinental Airlines	1933	1948
Indus Airways	2006	2007
Irwaddy Flotilla & Airways	1934	1939
Jetlite	2007	2012
Jupiter Airways	1948	1949
MDLR Airlines	2007	2009
ModiLuft	1994	1996
Skyline NEPC
Orient Airways	1946	1953
Tata Airlines	1932	1946
Vayudoot	1981	1997
VIF Airways	1993	1997
Vijay Airlines	1981	1997
Paramount Airways	2005	2010
Pushpaka Airlines	1979	1983

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