There are many private airlines in India now. I very often use this service and its very useful when you have less time and need to move around different cities. I have traveled with most of the popular airlines in India and almost every service provider try to provide their best. Last time when I was in India, I had to travel to 6 different cities in 6 days. All my appointments and meeting went very well. Its now very easy to travel to a different city in India. You just need to login to their website or any ticketing website and give the information about your travel and it will give you all the options available, just select your flights and make the payment. You get your e-ticket emailed, just print it and travel.

One of the problem that I faced was these websites only accepts credit cards issued from Indian banks. I am an NRI and I did not have an Indian credit card, so I had to use my friends card. It would be good if they accepted any credit card and I could not understand the reason for this.

Major private airlines in India

1. Air India
2. Indian Airlines
3. Jet Airways
4. Air Sahara
5. Kingfisher Airlines
6. Air Deccan
7. GoAir
8. SpiceJet
9. IndiGo
10. Jagson Airline
11. Paramount Airways

There are many websites where you can book tickets for all these airlines. I would suggest to go these websites rather than going to individual airlines. When you use website like Makemytrip.com.

Some of the websites where you can buy tickets online

• AirticketsIndia
• Makemytrip
• Cheep Airtickets India
• Global Travels
• Travel Guru
• Indiatimes
• Ticket To India
• Yathra
• Journey Mart
• India Cheep Fare

The rates for these domestic airlines always varies. If you plan your travel earlier and buy your ticket, you can get a better deal. Getting tickets usually are not difficult. While I was traveling from Hyderabad, I could see many flights waiting in queue to take off. This is a real boon for business community in India and India has become so small.