An kafa kamfanin jirgin sama a ranar 20 ga Satumba, 1991 kuma ya fara aiki a ranar 3 ga Disamba, 1993 tare da jiragen Boeing 737-200 guda biyu a matsayin Sahara Airlines, a matsayin wani ɓangare na babban kamfanin kasuwanci na Sahara India Pariwar. Da farko an mayar da hankali ne kan ayyukan a cikin yankunan arewacin Indiya, tare da ci gaba da Delhi a matsayin tushen sa, sannan aka fadada ayyukan don rufe duk ƙasar. An sake sunan kamfanin jirgin sama na Sahara a matsayin Air Sahara a ranar 2 ga Oktoba, 2000, kodayake Sahara Airlines ya kasance sunan mai rijista na kamfanin. A ranar 22 ga Maris, 2004 ya zama mai jigilar jiragen sama na duniya tare da fara zirga-zirgar jiragen sama daga Chennai zuwa Colombo, daga baya ya fadada zuwa London, Singapore, Maldives da Kathmandu. Hakanan ya shirya ya zama mai jigilar jirgin sama na farko na Indiya don yin hidimar China tare da jiragen sama zuwa Guangzhou daga hunturu na 2006, duk da haka wannan bai faru ba. Rashin tabbas game da makomar kamfanin jirgin sama ya sa rabonsa na kasuwar sufurin jiragen sama na Indiya ya ragu daga kusan 11% a watan Janairu 2006 zuwa 8.5% a shekara ta 2007. Tambaya
Shekara ta 1991