12 Facts About Vayudoot

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.

Vayudoot was started to expand India's domestic air transport network on a very large scale, with a completely new network designed to feed Indian Airlines' network at state capitals and other big cities.

Hence, all Vayudoot destinations were completely new, not covered by existing Indian Airlines services.

Vayudoot began operations on January 26,1981, India's Republic Day, in the remote north-east of the country, linking towns in states such as Assam, Manipur and Tripura.

Vayudoot supplied basic ground-handling equipment to the agents and trained their staff.

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Vayudoot started with retired flight crew of Indian Airlines to fly the HS-748 and F27 aircraft.

Vayudoot became a public company in February 1983, owned jointly by Indian Airlines and Air India.

Subsequently, the services of Vayudoot were extended to other regions, charting 100 stations in the country earning the sobriquet "worlds fastest growing airline".

Vayudoot quickly established hubs at Bombay, Delhi, Madras, and Hyderabad.

Vayudoot was then focused on consolidating its operations and rationalising its fare structure rather than embark on large-scale expansion of its network.

Vayudoot operated an Agro Aviation Division which was involved in aerial spraying operations, seeding and afforestation operations.

In 1985, Vayudoot started operating the Inland Night Air Mail Service, a domestic overnight airmail service for the Indian Postal Service.