AirAsia India is an Indian low cost carrier headquartered in Bengaluru, India. The airline is a joint venture with AirAsia Berhad holding 49% stake in the airline, Tata Sons holding 49%, R Venkataramanan holding 1.50 %, and S Ramodarai holding 0.50%, respectively, the latter two holding other key positions in Tata Group. Air Asia India commenced operations on 12 June 2014 with Bangalore as its primary hub.
AirAsia is the first foreign airline to set up a subsidiary in India and the company marked Tata's return to the aviation industry after 60 years, having ceded Air India in 1946. As of May 2017, AirAsia India was the 4th largest low-cost carrier in India, after IndiGo, Jet Airways, and SpiceJet, with a market share of 3.3%.
Affiliate airlines of AirAsia are AirAsia India, AirAsia Japan, AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia X, Philippines AirAsia, Thai AirAsia and Thai AirAsia X.
Livery
Airbus A320-214, registration VT-IXC, built 2012, serial number 5109 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU, VECC), Kolkata, India, 8 June 2018
Rajinikanth (star of movie Kabali) livery
Airbus A320-216, registration VT-APJ, built 2010, serial number 4345 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU, VECC), Kolkata, India, 8 June 2018
