All foreign tourists can travel to India by most convenient option of airways even local tourists also find airways as the most feasible options due to shortage of time and comfort.Though there are other options of Railways and Roadways. Railways run tourist special trains like
luxury trains or toy trains. Roadways also run comfortable volvos on most common highways of India. To know more about transport in India
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All major international airlines fly to and from India. Air India is India’s international carrier. North America and European airlines such as British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France and Swiss International Airlines have regular flights to either some or all of India’s four major cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. There are also numerous connections to the Far East and Australia offered by Thai Airways, Singapore Airlines, Malaysian Airlines, Japan Airlines and Cathay Pacific. Flights to destinations in the Gulf and Central Asia are offered by Emirates, Air Lanka and Golf Air.
At present, India has about 449 airports and air strips in the country. Among these the Airport Authority of India owns and manages only 92 airports and 28 civil enclaves at defense airfields. Indian airports are classified under two major categories- International and Domestic. Under domestic airports there are custom airports, model airports, other domestic airports and civil enclaves in defence airport. Custom airports have limited international operations like Bangalore (Civil Enclave), Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Calicut, Goa (Civil Enclave), Varanasi, Patna, Agra (Civil Enclave), Jaipur, Amritsar, Tiruchirapally, Coimbatore, Lucknow. Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Nagpur, Vadodara, Imphal and Indore have model airports with a limited runway length of 7500 feet. There are 28 civil enclaves in Defence Airfields. The major international airports in India are located in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Thiruvananthapuram.
For Airports in India,
Click HereDomestic Airlines in India Air Sahara
Jet Airways
Kingfisher Airlines
Air Deccan
Spicejet
GoAir
Air India (AI)
Indian Airlines Limited (IA)
IndiGo Airline
Jagson Airline
Paramount Airways
International Airlines flying to IndiaAeroflot Airline
Air Astana
Air Canada
Air France
Air Mauritius
Alitalia
Ariana Afghan Airline
Asiana Airlines
Austrian Airlines
Bellview Airlines
Biman Bangladesh Airlines
British Airways
Cathay Pacific Airways
China Airlines
China Eastern Airlines
Delta Airlines
Druk Air
Egypt Air
El Al Airline
Emirates Airline
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad Airways
Gulf Air
Iran Air
Japan Airline (JAL)
Kenya Airways
KLM
Korean Air
Kuwait Airways
Lufthansa
Mahan Air
Malaysia Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Oman Air
Pakistan Airlines
Qantas Airways
Qatar Airways
Royal Jordanian Airline
Royal Nepal Airlines
Saudi Arabian Airline
Singapore Airlines
South African Airways
SriLankan Airlines
Swiss International Airlines
Syrian Arab Airlines
Thai Airways International
Turkish Airlines
Uzbekistan Airways
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Important LinksMinistry of Civil Aviation Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy (IGRUA) Air India (AI) Airports Authority of India (AAI) Indian Airlines Limited (IA) Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL)