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Vayudoot
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
PF
VDT
VAYU
Founded
20 January 1981
Ceased operations
1 April 1997
Fleet size
21 passenger aircraft 16 agricultural aircraft
Destinations
Northeastern India
Parent company
Indian Airlines Air India
Headquarters
Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi
Vayudoot (Hindi: वायुदूत, romanized: Vāyudūt, lit. 'messenger who rides on the wind') was a regional airline in India established on 20 January 1981 as a joint venture between the two state-owned carriers, Indian Airlines and Air India.[1] The airline was headquartered at New Delhi's Safdarjung Airport.
The airline was originally conceived to serve Northeast India.[2][3] The regional hub for the region was Calcutta and the airline flew to close to 30 destinations in this challenging area. Many of the airfields saw the resumption of commercial flights and fixed-wing aircraft after many decades of their absence.
The airline consistently lost money since its formation due to low occupancy. The government, struggling to find a solution to Vayudoot's continuing financial problems, considered both closure and privatisation as options as the carrier's route and fleet structure made the operation unprofitable.[4]
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^"Vayudoot and Indian to merge". Flight Global. 1 June 1993. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
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