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| Founded | 2020 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 21 December 2020; 4 years ago (2020-12-21) | ||||||
| Hubs | Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 24 | ||||||
| Parent company | Big Charter Private Limited | ||||||
| Headquarters | Gurugram,Haryana,India | ||||||
| Key people | Captain Sanjay Mandavia (CMD) Chander Bahadur (Head Financial Intelligence and Strategies) | ||||||
| Founder | Captain Sanjay Mandavia | ||||||
| Employees | 500 | ||||||
| Website | flybig.in | ||||||
flybig is anIndianregional airline based inGurugram,Haryana.[2] It is promoted by Gurugram-based Big Charter Private Limited. The airline began operations in December 2020 and is focused on connectingtier-2 cities within India.[3] The airline is currently operating in north and northwest India.[4][5][6]
The airline received aNo Objection Certificate (NOC) from theMinistry of Civil Aviation and received itsAir Operator's Certificate (AoC) on 14 December 2020, both necessary for starting commercial operations. It began operations with a singleATR-72-500.[7] The company's focus is to serve Tier-2 cities and it aims to build a fleet of moreATR-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 serveShillong fromDelhi. The flights commenced on 21 December 2020 and to fulfil its obligations, the airlinewet-leased aDHC-8 Q400 aircraft fromSpiceJet.[9] The airline conducted proving flights on 4 December 2020,[10] and operated its first scheduled flight on 3 January 2021 fromIndore toAhmedabad.[11] As of March 2024, it has11 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]
As of December 2024, FlyBig operates between the following destinations:
The flybig fleet consists of the following aircraft as of December 2024:[18]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| DHC-6-400 Twin Otter | 3 | 9 | 19 | [19][20] |
| Total | 3 | 9 | ||
{{cite web}}:|last= has generic name (help)Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann will formally inaugurate the route on September 18, Ratan Laxmanro Ambhore, the head of ground operations at Flybig, told TOI.