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Defunct Indian regional airline From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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flybig was an Indian regional airline based in Gurugram, Haryana.[2] It was promoted by Gurugram-based Big Charter Private Limited. The airline began operations in December 2020 and focused on connecting tier-2 cities within India.[3] Prior to ceasing operations the airline operated in north and northwest India.[4][5][6]
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The airline received a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and received its Air Operator's Certificate (AoC) on 14 December 2020, both necessary for starting commercial operations. It began operations with a single ATR-72-500.[7] The company's focus is to serve Tier-2 cities and it aims to build a fleet of more ATR-72s and Viking/ DHC Twin Otters, thus eventually expand to a fleet of 20 aircraft.[8]
Before the airline began scheduled flights, it got its first route under a government tender to serve Shillong from Delhi. The flights commenced on 21 December 2020 and to fulfil its obligations, the airline wet-leased a DHC-8 Q400 aircraft from SpiceJet.[9] The airline conducted proving flights on 4 December 2020,[10] and operated its first scheduled flight on 3 January 2021 from Indore to Ahmedabad.[11] As of March 2024, it has 11 destinations with a fleet of three aircraft covering 3 states.
In November 2023, FlyBig Airlines temporarily ceased operations in Arunachal Pradesh, citing supply chain challenges as the primary reason.[12]
In November 2025, it was reported that the Indian civil aviation authority had received an IDERA (Irrevocable Deregistration and Export Request Authorization) from AER Leasing Corp, the Japanese aircraft leasing company, which is the lessor of flybig's three Indian-registered DHC-6-400 Twin Otters. The aircraft have not performed any flights since October 2025 and are currently parked at Bhopal Airport. An IDERA request is a legal document which enables an aircraft lessor to have its aircraft deregistered and exported from a country if an airline defaults on lease payments.[13][14] On 8 December, it was then reported that Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE Capital) had won a $1.1 million award from flybig due to the airline's failure to meet lease agreement obligations in relation to previously leased ATR 72 aircraft.[15] While flybig has not performed any flights since the aircraft were grounded in October, the company formally ceased operations on 13 December 2025, when its air operator's certificate (AOC) issued by India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) expired.[16]
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Destinations
As of December 2024, FlyBig operates between the following destinations:
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Fleet
The flybig fleet consists of the following aircraft as of December 2024:[22]
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