About Us
MAB Aviation Private Limited
99.99 ≠ 100Founded in 2009, MAB Aviation is one of India's most established private aviation companies. For more than sixteen years it has moved corporate leaders, private clients and critical missions by Helicopter, Business Jet, Airliner and Air Ambulance.
What sets MAB apart is not the fleet, which can be matched or outspent. It is the precise system behind every flight: a discipline of process, people and judgment that decides whether, how and when a flight happens. From our Mumbai base, with access to almost all airports pan India and round-the-clock coordination, that system holds to a single standard, whatever the route or aircraft.
For clients this shows up as a standing partnership rather than a series of bookings: anticipatory, discreet and always ready. The standard does not depend on who is on shift, and privacy is the default, not a premium.
Across business, leisure and time-critical medical missions, MAB delivers flexibility and considered value, expressed as precision and restraint rather than show. It is how high-stakes travel becomes something clients never have to question.
Our Mission
To make high-stakes travel something our clients never have to question, through operational discipline, trusted partnership, always-ready reliability, and institutional standards that hold as we grow, whatever the route, aircraft or client.Our Vision
To be the most trusted name in private aviation: the standard for high-stakes, high-value travel, recognised not for the aircraft we operate, but for the precise system behind every flight, in India and beyond.Our Customers
VIPs | Corporates | Businessmen | Politicians & Political Parties | Film Stars | Celebrities | Religious Gurus | Entertainment Companies | Joyride Customers | Aero-medical TransportOur Pledge
"We believe assurance is something you feel, not something you are told. It is earned in the details: operators vetted, checks completed, maintenance held to standard, and final authority resting with the pilot.
We do not trade in claims. We build a system precise enough that the outcome is never left to chance, and never rests on a single person.
What happens with MAB stays with MAB. That discretion, and the discipline behind it, is the standard we hold on every flight, from a routine corporate shuttle to a once-in-a-decade mission."
Expedition Milestones
2009
MAB Aviation was established as an air charter brokerage firm. MAB was the first entrant in political flying for the election campaigning of the General Elections, with great success, and received a repeat flying order for the Assembly Elections.
2011
Started the aerial film-shooting charter service for commercial production houses.
2012
MAB Aviation was incorporated and registered as a Private Limited company.
2014
Launched the Aviation War Room concept for the 2014 General Elections of India, which was highly appreciated at the national level.
2015
MAB applied for its Non-Scheduled Operator Permit (NSOP) and inducted its first aircraft, a Cessna 172S.
2016
MAB received its Airline NSOP permit, licensed to fly. MAB announced its Air Ambulance service under Make in India, in the presence of the Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
2017
Focused on the air ambulance proposition. MAB executed its first organ transport by air.
2018-2019
MAB inducted a new aircraft, a Beechcraft King Air C90 twin-engine turboprop. MAB opened its new corporate office at Vile Parle (E), Mumbai. MAB completed election flying for the General and Assembly elections of Maharashtra. MAB organised a unique event for aerial viewing of the annular solar eclipse on 26 December 2019.
2020-2021
MAB launched its air ambulance brand, MedicalFlight, and published the air ambulance website medicalflight.co.in. Team MAB operated 24/7 air ambulance flights for critical patient transfers during the pandemic. MAB inducted two new business jets, Cessna Citation IIs, into its fleet.
Essential Team
Founder & Managing Director
Mandar Bharde
Mandar is a postgraduate whose career began in media, as a freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker with more than fifty documentaries to his name, before he moved into aviation. He founded MAB Aviation in 2009 and has over fifteen years of experience in the private and medical charter industry. He helped introduce the Aviation War Room concept to the Indian political charter market, and led MAB's entry into air ambulance work as part of the Make in India initiative, under the company's NSOP licence.
Director & Accountable Manager
Yogesh Ghaisas
Yogesh, a co-founder and Director of MAB Aviation, played a central part in laying its operational groundwork. He has more than twelve years of experience in the aviation sector and oversees MAB's engineering and operations teams, working with all third-party air operators. As Accountable Manager for MAB's NSOP, he is responsible for all DGCA compliance. Outside work, Yogesh enjoys sports and music.
