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5. AIR TRANSPORT

Concepts and Definitions

Aircraft kilometres performed- Aircraft kilometres equal to the sum of products obtained by multiplying the number of flights performed on each flight stage by the stage distance. Flight Stage- The operation of an aircraft from take off point to its next landing point. Freight( or mail) tonne-kilometers (performed)- A metric tonne of freight or mail carried one kilometre. Freight tonne-kilometres equal the sum of products obtained by multiplying the number of tonnes of freight, express, diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage by the stage distance. Cargo and freight includes express and diplomatic bags but not passengers baggage. Mail tonne- kilometers are computed in the same way as freight tonnekilometres. Freight( or mail) tonne carried (performed)- The number of tonnes of freight carried is obtained by counting each tonne of freight on a particular flight(with one flight number)once only and not repeatedly on each individual stage of that flight. The only exception to this is for freight flown on both the international and domestic stages of the same flight, which is considered in computation both as a domestic and an international shipment or dispatch. The same principle should be used in calculating mail tonnes carried. International traffic ( of airports): For airport traffic purposes, international traffic means: a) Passengers, freight and mail disembarked at an airport located in a country other than of the airport of embarkation, or vise versa; and b) Movements on flight of national or foreign aircraft whose origin or destination is located in the territory of a State other than that in which the airport under consideration is located. Operating expenses per traffic-unit- This is a type of financial measurement, which relates the traffic or capacity applicable to the operating expenses. It is computed by dividing the operating expenses by the tonne-kilometres performed or by the tonne-kilometres available. Operating revenue per traffic-unit- This is a type of financial measurement, which relates the traffic or capacity applicable to the operating revenues. It is computed by dividing the
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operating revenues by the tonne-kilometres performed or by the tonne-kilometres available. Passengers kilometres performed- A passengers kilometre is performed when a passenger is carried one kilometre. Calculation of passenger-kilometres equals the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the number of revenue passengers carried on each flight stage by the stage distance. The resultant figure is equal to the number of kilometres travelled by all passengers. Passenger load factor - Passenger-kilometres performed expressed as a percentage of seatkilometres available. Passengers carried- The number of passengers carried is obtained by counting each passenger on particular flight (with one flight number) once only and not repeatedly on each individual stage of that flight, with a single exception that a passenger flying on both the international and domestic stages of the same flight should be counted as both a domestic and international passenger. Passenger revenue per traffic unit- This is a type of financial measurement, which relates the passengers traffic applicable to the passenger revenues. It is computed by dividing the passenger revenue by the passenger kilometres performed/available. Passenger weight- For converting aircraft passenger load into weight load, the number of passengers is multiplied usually by 90 kilograms, which allows for the weight of the passenger plus both free and excess baggage. However, in reporting the conversion is left to the discretion of the operator and conversion factors other than 90 kilograms may be used. PAX- Passengers Revenue passenger- Refers to passengers paying 25% or more of the normal applicable fare. Scheduled airline/air carrier- An air transport enterprise offering any schedule air service. Scheduled services- Services provided by flights scheduled and performed for remuneration according to a published timetable, or so regular or frequent as to constitute a recognizably systematic series, which are open to use by members of the public; extra revenue flights occasioned by overflow of traffic on scheduled flights; and preliminary revenue flights on planned new air services. Seat Kilometres available- Seat kilometer is available when a seat is flown one kilometer. Seat kilometers available are equal to the sum of products obtained by multiplying the number of passenger seats available for sale on each flight stage by the stage distance.
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Seats not actually available for the carriage of passengers because of the weight of fuel or other load should be excluded in the calculations. Speed flown per aircraft- This is an average per aircraft measure computed by dividing the aircraft kilometers flown by the related aircraft hours. Tonne-kilometres available- A metric tonne of available payload space flown one kilometer. Tonne-kilometres available equals the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the number of tonnes available for the carriage of revenue load (passengers, freight and mail) on each flight stage by the stage distance. Tonne-kilometres performed- A metric tonne of revenue load carried one kilometer. Tonne-kilometres performed equals the sum of the product obtained by multiplying the number of tonnes of revenue load carried on each flight stage by the stage distance. Traffic- For air transport purposes, traffic means the carriage of passengers, freight and mail. Weight load factor- Tonne kilometers performed expressed as a percentage of tonne kilometers available.

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AIR TRANSPORT

5.1 The chief data source for this sector is Director General of Civil Aviation, in the M/o Civil Aviation. Unless otherwise stated highlights of the sector given below are mainly based on summary Table No. 5.0 on Trends in Important Indicators of the Air Transport Infrastructure.

Accessibility

5.2 Air transport sector has shown a notable increase in accessibility, in terms of fleet size and available seat kilometers. Fleet size of national carriers increased from 85 aircrafts in 2003 to 140 aircrafts in 2009. Fleet size of private carriers increased from 53 aircrafts in 2003 to 238 aircrafts in 2009.

5.3 The available seat kilometers for domestic traffic increased from 23 billion in 2003 to 59 billion in 2009 showing a high CAGR of 17%. The available seat kilometers for international traffic increased from 21 billion in 2003 to 62 billion in 2009 showing a high CAGR of 19%.

5.4 Share of private carriers in available seat kilometers has rapidly increased during 2003 to 2009. The share of private carriers in available seat kilometers for domestic traffic increased from 50% in 2003 to 80% in 2009. Similarly the share of private carriers in available seat kilometers for international traffic increased from zero in 2003 to 36% in 2009.

5.5 Number of operational airports increased from 91 to 96 only, during 2005 to 2009, number of international airports increased from 14 to 17 during the same period.

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5.6 Average number of flights and passengers handled per day has more than doubled during 2003-2009 indicating increase in airport congestion. Cargo handled per day has shown a similar growth during the period.

5.7 Total Staff strength of national carriers is showing a declining trend 2003-2009. The reduction in staff is in the categories of cockpit personnel other than pilot and co-pilot, ticketing and sales personnel and other personnel. But staff has increased in the categories of pilots and copilots, maintenance and overhaul personnel.

5.8 Staff strength of private airlines increased from 9355 in 2003 to 30,279 in 2008, but came down in 2009 to 27685.

Fiscal cost

5.9 The total capital employed by Airport Authority of India increased from `2535 crore in 2003 to `4474 crore in 2009. The government participation in capital employed declined from 16% in 2003 to 14% in 2009.

5.10 Operating expenditure of both national and private carriers has grown at a higher rate compared to growth in operating revenue during 2003 to 2009. Operating revenue of all scheduled airlines increased at a CAGR of 18.9%, while operating expenditure increased at a higher CAGR of 22% during 2003 to 2009.

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Utilisation

5.11 Both domestic and international passenger transport and passenger kilometers performed show significant increase during 2003-09. But percentage share of national carriers in both domestic as well as international traffic has gradually declined over the years.

5.12 Domestic passenger traffic increased from 14.2 million in 2003 to 40 million in 2009; while international passenger traffic increased from 4.3 million in 2003 to 10.2 million in 2009

5.12 The total cargo carried ( Domestic + International) increased from 284 thousand tonnes in 2002-03 to 453 thousand tones in 2008-09. But passenger transport has grown at a higher rate (18.1%) compared to cargo transport (8.1%) during the period.

5.13 Passenger Load Factor and Weight Load Factor are in the range of 50-70 percent, both for private and national carriers, indicating good deal of unutilised capacity.

Affordability 5.14 Operating revenue per passenger kilometer for National Carriers increased from `4.53/- to `4.78/during 2003 to 2009 while operating revenue per passenger km for Private Scheduled Domestic Airlines increased from `5.55/- to `7.48/- during the same period.

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Table 5.0 : Trends in Important Indicators of Air Transport Infrastructure

Sl. No. Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ( Reference Date / Period - As on 31st March for Stock Variables - Financial Year ending on 31st March for Flow Variables) CAGR %

A
I 1 Domestic Traffic Available Seat km (in Million) All Indian Carriers National Carriers
% Share to Total Available Seat km

ACCESS
22833 11527 50.5 11306 49.5 2381 1215 51.0 1166 49.0 24936 11955 47.9 12981 52.1 2551 1245 48.8 1306 51.2 27790 12889 46.4 14901 53.6 2840 1347 47.4 1493 52.6 35077 12764 36.4 22314 63.6 3488 1320 37.8 2168 62.2 48702 12994 26.7 35708 73.3 4750 1338 28.2 3412 71.8 60590 13359 22.0 47231 78.0 5984 1396 23.3 4587 76.7 59160 11962 20.2 47197 79.8 5908 1297 22.0 4612 78.1 17.20 0.62 -14.14 26.89 8.27 16.36 1.09 -13.12 25.76 8.08

Private Carriers
% Share to Total Available Seat km

Available Tonne km (in Million) All Indian Carriers National Carriers

% Share to Total Available Tonne km

Private Carriers
% Share to Total Available Tonne km

II 3

International Traffic Available Seat km (in Million) All Indian Carriers National Carriers
% Share to Total Available Seat km

Private Carriers
% Share to Total Available Seat km

21406 21406 100 2678 2678 100 43 11 31 85 53

24972 24968 100 4 0.02 3154 3154 100 47 15 35 97 65

31126 30865 99.2 261 0.84 3919 3893 99.3 26 0.66 52 15 37 104 80 91 12

40452 37236 92.0 3217 7.95 5143 4736 92.1 407 7.91 55 15 38 4 112 131 87 12

44624 38363 86.0 6261 14.03 5734 4849 84.6 885 15.43 59 15 35 13 122 183 92 16

54465 41775 76.7 12690 23.30 7588 5509 72.6 2079 27.40 72 20 36 18 146 235 93 17

62172 39686 63.8 22487 36.17 8812 5166 58.6 3646 41.38 72 16 31 21 140 238 96 17

19.45 10.84 -7.21 462.31 368.54 21.96 11.57 -8.52 244.12 181.02 8.97 6.44 0 73.80 8.67 28.44 1.35 5.98

Available Tonne km (in Million) All Indian Carriers National Carriers

% Share to Total Available Tonne km

Private Carriers
% Share to Total Available Tonne km

III

5 6 IV 7 8

Fleet Size (in number) Indian Airlines Alliance Air Air India Air India Express National Carriers Private Carriers Number of Airports Total Operational Airports International Airports

12

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Sl. No. Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ( Reference Date / Period - As on 31st March for Stock Variables - Financial Year ending on 31st March for Flow Variables) 2009 CAGR %

B
V 9 10 11 VI 12 13 14 VII 15 16 17 VIII 18

QUALITY
Airport Congestion Average Number of Flights Handled per Day Total 1506 796 2000 Domestic 1193 437 1564 International 313 359 436 Average Number of Passengers Handled per Day Total 118590 62190 162560 Domestic 78242 16691 109265 International 40348 45499 53295 Average Cargo Handled per Day (in Tonnes) Total 2811 2036 3631 Domestic 1010 118 1360 International 1801 1918 2272 Staff Strength (in number) Pilots and Co-Pilots All Indian Carriers 1442 1605 1900 National Carriers 903 947 1108 Private Carriers 539 658 792 Other Cockpit Personnel All Indian Carriers 188 191 268 National Carriers 63 61 48 Private Carriers 125 130 220 Cabin Attendants All Indian Carriers 3878 4238 5639 National Carriers 2819 3041 3706 Private Carriers 1059 1197 1933 Maintenance and Overhaul Personnel All Indian Carriers 9306 10535 11174 National Carriers 8022 9108 9172 Private Carriers 1284 1427 2002 Ticketing and Sales Personnel All Indian Carriers 9954 9710 10163 National Carriers 8598 8295 8455 Private Carriers 1356 1415 1708 All Other Personnel All Indian Carriers 20791 19056 19300 National Carriers 15799 13633 12808 Private Carriers 4992 5423 6492 Total All Indian Carriers 45559 45335 48444 National Carriers 36204 35085 35297 Private Carriers 9355 10250 13147 2324 1814 509 200817 139844 60973 3971 1429 2542 2976 2391 586 263735 193560 70176 4395 1576 2819 3606 2931 674 319738 238498 81240 4990 1827 3163 3758 2918 840 305388 211621 93767 4772 1600 3172 16.46 16.08 17.88 17.08 18.04 15.09 9.22 7.97 9.89

2597 1196 1401 484 39 445 7142 4017 3125

3302 1333 1969 571 35 536 9203 4180 5023

3997 1477 2520 504 49 455 11192 4167 7025

4358 1561 2797 478 13 465 10216 4061 6155

20.24 9.55 31.58 16.83 -23.13 24.48 17.52 6.27 34.09

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20

21

11410 8367 3043

13343 8967 4376

13308 8371 4937

13355 8552 4803

6.21 1.07 24.59

22

9798 7826 1972 23872 13987 9885 55303 35432 19871

9949 7725 2224 23813 12553 11260 60181 34793 25388

10540 7396 3144 24957 12759 12198 64687 34408 30279

8333 6783 1550 23989 12074 11915 60729 33044 27685

-2.92 -3.87 2.25 2.41 -4.38 15.60 4.91 -1.51 19.82

23

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Sl. No. Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ( Reference Date / Period - As on 31st March for Stock Variables - Financial Year ending on 31st March for Flow Variables) 2009 CAGR %

C
V 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 VI 33

FISCAL COST
Financial Performance of Airports Authority of India (Rs. in crore) Revenue 2384.5 2630.6 2997.4 3490.5 Expenditure 1887.4 2086.6 2312.6 2236.0 Profit Before Tax 497.1 544.0 684.8 1254.4 Profit After Tax 215.0 315.0 325.4 717.6 Govt Capital 405.6 416.6 431.6 449.6 Net Worth 2370.9 2618.0 2943.5 3643.9 Capital Employed 2534.7 2698.3 3015.1 3260.7 Govt. Capital Participation 16.0 15.4 14.3 13.8 Financial Performance of All Scheduled Airlines (Rs. in crore) Operating Revenue All Scheduled Airlines 13695.0 16138.7 19894.7 25514.7 National Carriers 9858.8 11291.6 13446.4 15585.4 Private Scheduled Domestic 3836.2 4847.0 6448.3 9929.3 Airlines Operating Expenses All Scheduled Airlines 14121.3 15686.4 19140.2 26079.0 National Carriers 10264.0 11279.6 13586.7 15948.2 Private Scheduled Domestic 3857.3 4406.8 5553.5 10130.8 Airlines 3726.2 2196.9 1529.3 859.9 463.6 4543.0 3652.3 12.7 4289.2 2549.8 1739.4 1081.9 501.1 5409.2 3606.3 13.9 3891.0 2807.4 1083.5 650.1 624.0 6030.1 4474.0 13.9 8.50 6.84 13.87 20.25 7.44 16.83 9.93 -2.26

29885.7 15584.8 14300.9

34487.7 16721.2 17766.6

38685.5 15184.4 23501.0

18.90 7.46 35.27

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34592.9 18265.3 16327.6

40691.2 19251.0 21440.2

47131.6 20845.1 26286.4

22.25 12.53 37.69

D
VII 35 36 Domestic Traffic Passenger Traffic (in thousand numbers) All Indian Carriers (% to Total Passenger Traffic) National Carriers (% to Total Scheduled Passenger Traffic) Private Carriers (% to Total Scheduled Passenger Traffic) All Indian Carriers (% to Total Passenger Traffic) Total Passenger Traffic (in thousand numbers) Passenger Load Factor (%) All Indian Carriers National Carriers Private Carriers Passenger km Performed (in Million) All Indian Carriers National Carriers Private Carriers 13951 98.0 6247 44.8 7704 55.2

UTILISATION
Scheduled 19445 98.5 7845 40.3 11600 59.7

15677 98.5 6707 42.8 8970 57.2

25205 98.5 7763 30.8 17442 69.2

35793 98.8 7913 22.1 27880 77.9

44384 98.9 8165 18.4 36220 81.6

39467 98.6 6292 15.9 33175 84.1

18.92 0.09 0.12 -15.81 27.55 7.25

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38

39

282 2 14233

Non-Scheduled # 241 300 374 1.5 1.5 1.5 15918 19745 25579

444 1.2 36237

484 1.1 44868

576 1.4 40043

12.60 -5.77 18.81

40 41

56.3 51.5 61.1

58.4 53.5 62.9

64.9 57.8 71.0

67.6 59.4 72.3

68.8 59.9 72.1

68.9 59.3 71.6

63.7 52.4 66.6

2.08 0.29 1.45

42

12848 5938 6910

14566 6396 8170

18030 7449 10581

23709 7587 16122

33519 7789 25730

41718 7921 33796

37704 6271 31433

19.65 0.91 28.72

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Sl. No. Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
( Reference Date / Period - As on 31st March for Stock Variables - Financial Year ending on 31st March for Flow Variables)

CAGR %

D
43 44 45 46 47 Cargo Carried (in thousand tonnes) All Scheduled Indian Carriers (% to Total Cargo Carried) National Carriers (% to Total Scheduled Cargo Carried) Private Carriers (% to Total Scheduled Cargo Carried) Scheduled Cargo Operators (% to Total Cargo Carried) All Indian Carriers (% to Total Cargo Carried) Total Cargo Carried (in thousand tonnes) Weight Load Factor (%) All Indian Carriers National Carriers Private Carriers Tonne km Performed (in Million) All Indian Carriers National Carriers Private Carriers International Traffic Passenger Traffic (in thousand numbers) All Indian Carriers (% to Total Passenger Traffic) National Carriers (% to Total Scheduled Passenger Traffic) Private Carriers (% to Total Scheduled Passenger Traffic) All Indian Carriers (% to Total Passenger Traffic) Total Passenger Traffic (in thousand numbers) Passenger Load Factor (%) All Indian Carriers National Carriers Private Carriers Passenger km Performed (in Million) All Indian Carriers National Carriers Private Carriers

UTILISATION
Scheduled 206.9 226.5 285.3 99.8 99.9 99.9 99.9 104.5 124.7 48.3 46.1 43.7 79.7 93.0 120.5 38.5 41.1 42.2 27.3 29.0 40.2 13.2 12.8 14.1 Non-Scheduled # 0.51 0.15 0.40 0.2 0.1 0.1 207.4 226.7 285.7 299.2 99.9 126.1 42.1 130.4 43.6 42.8 14.3 0.29 0.1 299.5 321.3 99.9 108.1 33.6 158.3 49.3 54.9 17.1 0.42 0.1 321.8 368.1 99.9 106.7 29.0 195.9 53.2 65.5 17.8 0.36 0.1 368.4 340.8 99.7 93.9 27.6 183.66 53.9 63.2 18.5 0.995 0.3 341.8 8.67 -0.01 -1.02 -8.92 14.94 5.76 15.00 5.82 11.93 6.99 8.68

48 49 50

53.5 51.2 55.8 1273 622 651

57.5 53.3 61.5 1467 664 803

63.9 57.2 70 1816 771 1045

67.1 59.7 71.6 2340 788 1552

67.1 59 70.2 3185 790 2395

65.7 56.9 68.3 3930 795 3135

59.6 49.4 62.4 3520 641 2879

1.82 -0.59 1.88 18.47 0.50 28.12

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VIII 52 53 54

4201 98.5 4201 100.0 -

Scheduled 4493 5326 98.6 99.0 4491 5102 100.0 95.8 1 0.02 224 4.2

6547 99.6 5923 90.5 624 9.5

7561 99.9 6478 85.7 1083 14.3

9108 99.2 7294 80.1 1814 19.9

10049 99.0 6659 66.3 3390 33.7

15.65 0.07 7.98 -6.63 408.21 332.64

55

56 57 58

Non-Scheduled # 62 64 52 1.5 1.4 1.0 4263 4556 5378

29 0.4 6576

6 0.1 7567

73 0.8 9182

104 1.0 10153

9.00 -5.67 15.56

73.9 73.9 15819 15819 -

72.5 72.5 18108 18107 1

71.6 71.6 61.7 22272 22111 161

68.9 69.2 64.7 27858 25775 2083

68 68.1 67.4 30355 26133 4222

66.3 66 67.5 36130 27570 8560

65.5 64.2 67.9 40741 25483 15258

-1.99 -2.32 2.42 17.08 8.27 586.59

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Table 5.0 (contd.) : Trends in Important Indicators of Air Transport Infrastructure

Sl. No. Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ( Reference Date / Period - As on 31st March for Stock Variables - Financial Year ending on 31st March for Flow Variables) CAGR %

D
VIII 60 61 62 63 International Traffic Cargo Carried (in thousand tonnes) All Indian Carriers (% to Total Cargo Carried) National Carriers (% to Total Scheduled Cargo Carried) Private Carriers (% to Total Scheduled Cargo Carried) All Indian Carriers (% to Total Cargo Carried) 65 66 Total Cargo Carried (in thousand tonnes) Weight Load Factor (%) All Indian Carriers National Carriers Private Carriers Tonne km Performed (in Million) All Indian Carriers National Carriers Private Carriers Domestic+Internatinal Traffic Passenger Traffic (in thousand numbers) All Indian Carriers (% to Total Passenger Traffic) National Carriers (% to Total Scheduled Passenger Traffic) Private Carriers (% to Total Scheduled Passenger Traffic) All Indian Carriers (% to Total Passenger Traffic) Total Passenger Traffic (in thousand numbers) Passenger Load Factor (%) All Indian Carriers National Carriers Private Carriers Passenger km Performed (in Million) All Indian Carriers National Carriers Private Carriers

UTILISATION
Scheduled 103.7 97.7 112.0 99.93 100.00 100.00 103.7 97.7 111 100.0 100.0 99.1 1 0.9 Non-Scheduled # 0.091 0.041 0 0.088 103.8 0.042 97.7 0 112.0

112.2 99.98 101 90.0 11 9.8 0.009 0.008 112.2

123.7 99.99 99 80.0 25 20.2 0 0 123.7

142.9 100.00 91 63.7 53 37.1 0.004 0.003 142.9

174.1 99.99 76 43.7 98 56.3 0 0 174.1

9.01 0.01 -5.05 -12.90 214.63 181.78 100.00 100.00 9.00

64

70 70.4 1884 1884 -

66 66.3 2092 2092 -

65.8 65.8 55.7 2579 2564 14

61 61.3 58.2 3138 2901 237

59.7 60.2 57.2 3422 2917 506

55.1 57 49.9 4179 3141 1038

56 60.6 49.5 4938 3133 1805

-3.65 -2.47 -2.91 17.42 8.85 236.97

67

IX 68 69 70 71

72 73 74

Scheduled 18152 20170 24771 98.1 98.5 98.6 10448 11198 12947 57.6 55.5 52.3 7704 8972 11824 42.4 44.5 47.7 Non-Scheduled # 344 305 352 1.9 1.5 1.4 18496 20475 25123

31752 98.7 13686 43.1 18066 56.9 403 1.3 32155

43354 99.0 14391 33.2 28963 66.8 450 1.0 43804

53493 99.0 15459 28.9 38034 71.1 557 1.0 54050

49516 98.6 12951 26.2 36565 73.8 680 1.4 50196

18.21 0.09 3.64 -12.32 29.64 9.67 12.03 -5.15 18.10

64.8 66.1 28667 21757 6910

65.5 66.4 32674 24503 8171

68.4 67.6 70.9 40303 29560 10742

68.3 66.7 71.3 51567 33362 18205

68.4 66.1 71.4 63874 33923 29951

67.7 64.4 70.7 77847 35491 42356

64.7 61.5 67 78445 31755 46690

-0.03 -1.19 -1.40 18.27 6.50 37.50

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Table 5.0 (contd.) : Trends in Important Indicators of Air Transport Infrastructure

Sl. No. Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ( Reference Date / Period - As on 31st March for Stock Variables - Financial Year ending on 31st March for Flow Variables) 2009 CAGR %

D
IX 76 77 78 79

UTILISATION
Domestic+International Traffic Cargo Carried (Mail+ Freight) (in thousand tonnes) Scheduled All Indian Carriers 283.3 295.2 357.3 (% to Total Cargo Carried) 99.8 99.9 99.9 National Carriers 203.5 202.5 236 (% to Total Scheduled Cargo Carried) 71.8 68.6 66.0 Private Carriers 80 93 121 (% to Total Scheduled Cargo Carried) 28.2 31.4 33.9 Non-Scheduled All Indian Carriers 0.60 0.19 0.40 (% to Total Cargo Carried) 0.21 0.06 0.11 Total Cargo Carried (in thousand 283.9 295.4 357.7 tonnes) Weight Load Factor (%) All Indian Carriers 62.4 62.4 65 National Carriers 64.4 62.7 63.6 Private Carriers 69.8 Tonne km Performed (in Million) All Indian Carriers 3157 3559 4394 National Carriers 2506 2756 3334 Private Carriers 651 803 1060

368.7 99.9 227 61.6 142 38.5 0.30 0.08 369.0

390.1 99.9 207 53.1 184 47.2 0.42 0.11 390.5

445.5 99.9 198 44.4 248 55.7 0.36 0.08 445.8

451.7 99.8 169 37.4 282 62.4 1.00 0.22 452.7

8.08 0.00 -3.05 -10.30 23.41 14.18 8.89 0.74 8.09

80 81 82

63.5 60.9 69.5 5478 3689 1789 4.67 6.16

63 59.9 67.5 6607 3706 2901 4.59 5.56

59.8 57 62.6 8110 3935 4173 4.71 5.26

57.5 58.4 56.7 8458 3773 4684 4.78 7.48

-1.35 -1.62 -5.06 17.85 7.06 38.94 0.90 5.09

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E
84 85 Operating Revenue per Passenger km Performed for National Carriers (in Rs.) Operating Revenue per Passenger km Performed for Private Scheduled Domestic Airlines (in Rs.)

AFFORDABILITY
4.53 5.55 4.61 5.93 4.55 6.09

Inclusive of Non-Scheduled traffic carried by Scheduled operators # Source: India Air Transport Statistics published by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

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Table 5A.1 : Fleet Strength by Type of Aircraft as on 31.03.2009

Name of the Airline Type of Aircraft Number of Aircraft Passenger Seating Capacity Per Aircraft 144/120/122 145/124 172 279 70 18 48 48 70 423 293 238 342 201 201 202 419 297 272 186 189 375 136 112 144 160 62 220 312 -

Indian Airlines

Alliance Air

Air India

Air India Express

Airbus A319 Airbus A320 Airbus A321 Airbus A330 Boeing CRJ-700# Dornier DO228 ATR-42# Total Boeing B737-200(F) ATR 42-320 CRJ-700 Total Boeing 747-437 Boeing 747-300 Airbus 777-200LR Airbus 777-300ER Airbus A-310 SB Airbus A-310 Freighter A-310 Leased Boeing 747-400 Leased 747-400 COMBI Boeing 777-222 Total Boeing 737-800 Boeing 737-800 Dry Leased B-737-400 B-737-700 B-737-800 B-737-900 ATR 72-500 A330-200 B777-300ER Total

15 43 12 2 72 6* 7 3 16 6 1 5 5 6 2 2 4 31 14 7 21 2 13 35 2 14 12 10 88

Jet Airways

* Converted to freighter aircraft from passenger aircraft.

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Table 5A.1 (contd.) : Fleet Strength by Type of Aircraft As on 31.03.2009

Name of the Airline Type of Aircraft Number of Aircraft Passenger Seating Capacity Per Aircraft

Jetlite

B-737-300 B-737-400 B-737-700 B-737-800 CRJ-200 Total Embraer 170-100LR Embraer 170-200LR Total Boeing 737-800 B737-900ER Total Airbus A330-223 Airbus A320-232 Airbus A321-232 Airbus A319-131 ATR 72-212A ATR42-500 Total Airbus 320-200 Total

1 2 7 7 7 24 2 3 5 14 5 19 5 32 8 3 27 8 83 19 19

144 84 144 186 50 70/72 75 189 212 217 134/174/180 151/178/199 144 66/72 48 180 180

Paramount Airways

Spicejet

Kingfisher Airlines

Indigo

# All Boeing B-700 & ATR aircrafts of Indian Airlines are operated by the fully owned subsidiary Alliance Air. Source: Material supplied by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

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Table 5A.2 : Fleet Size of All Scheduled Airlines (1999-00 to 2008-09)

(in number) Sl.No. Name of the Airline Air India AI Express Indian Airlines Alliance Air Jet Airways Jetlite Air Deccan Paramount Spicejet Kingfisher Go Air Indigo India Total 199900 26 44 12 28 9 119 200001 28 42 11 30 7 118 200102 29 44 11 38 10 132 200203 31 43 11 41 12 138 200304 35 47 15 41 20 4 162 200405 37 52 15 42 22 16 184 200506 38 4 55 15 53 29 29 1 5 11 3 243 200607 35 13 59 15 63 27 39 5 11 25 5 8 305 200708 36 18 72 20 81 25 41 5 19 41 6 17 381 200809 31 21 72 16 88 24 5 19 83 19 378

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Source: India Air Transport Statistics published by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

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Table 5B.1 : Air Accident Statistics (2006-07 & 2007-08)

Sl. No. Name of the Airline 2006-07 No. of Accidents No. of In On Total casualties Air Ground Cause of Accident 2007-08 No. of Accidents No. of In On Total casualties Air Ground Cause of Accident

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Note:

Indian Airlines Air India Jet Airlines Sahara Airlines Air Deccan Go Air Indigo Airlines Kingfisher Jagson Airways Spicejet Paramount Airways

Nil

Note below

NIL

The Pilot-in-command in absence of recovery guidance adopted self-perceived technique and kept on adding engine power along with aircraft pitch manipulations to salvage the aircraft from the bounce on landing and damaged the aircraft structure. Source: Material supplied by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

Table 5B.2 : Airlinewise and Categorywise Staff Strength during 2008-09 and 2007-08 at year end
Sl. No. Name of the Airline Pilot 2008-09 Cabin Other Crew Technical Staff 2116 148 1430 380 4021 395 NA 444 1252 412 96 3145 212 5069 126 2047 520 NA 252 1628 245 111 Total Staff Pilot (in number) 2007-08 Cabin Other Total Crew Technical Staff Staff 1508 186 2198 324 4066 512 520 172 455 1239 421 95 5231 207 2812 121 2057 620 824 163 197 791 194 91 17688 768 14930 833 13163 2557 3310 1198 2074 5023 2321 633

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Indian Airlines Alliance Air Air India Air India Express Jet Airways Jetlite Air Deccan# Go Air Indigo Airlines Kingfisher Spicejet Paramount Airways

562 82 839 78 1110 205 NA 255 1025 140 62

14338 692 17076 938 13078 1365 NA 2180 8258 2190 614

802 78 548 49 1069 250 294 65 227 451 134 30

# Air Deccan merged with Kingfisher Airlines w.e.f. April 2008. Source: 1.Material supplied by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation 2.India Air Transport Statistics published by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

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Table 5C.1 : Airlinewise Operating Revenue and Expenditure (2007-08 & 2008-09)
Sl.No. Name of the Airline Operating Revenue Per Revenue Passenger km Performed (In Rs.) 2007-08 2008-09 4.9 5.2 Total Operating Revenue (In Million Rs.) Operating Expenses Per Revenue Passenger km Performed ( In Rs.) 2007-08 2008-09 5.8 7.3 Total Operating Expenses ( In Million Rs)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

NACIL(Air India+Indian Airlines Combined) Alliance Air Air India Express Jet Airways Air Deccan# Go Air Indigo Airlines Kingfisher Airlines Spicejet Paramount Airways Jetlite*(Sahara Airlines)

2007-08 152574.7

2008-09 134793.80

2007-08 178542.6

2008-09 188964.50

8.2 2.7 5.21 2.5 3.3 2.9 5.2 3.0 9.3 3.8

13.94 2.54 5.92 NA 3.72 6.6 3.55 10.4 4.2

3034.1 11603.0 88223.9 15454.4 5098.6 11328.3 26875.2 12949.9 2680.1 15055.20

2886.60 14164.00 126914.40 NA 18763.60 52691.70 16894.50 3736.70 16009.20

9.7 2.5 5.55 4.5 4.6 3.5 6.8 3.6 8.5 4.8

17.87 2.83 5.87 NA 3.68 9.3 4.45 9.6 5.3

3595.0 10372.0 93995.9 28123.3 6589.4 13451.1 35051.1 15595.3 2449.1 19147.00

3699.90 15787.00 125818.70 NA 18582.60 73297.40 21200.30 3452.70 20512.50

* Sahara Airlines acquired by Jet Airways was renamed as Jetlite. # Air Deccan merged with Kingfisher Airlines w.e.f. April 2008. Source: 1.Material supplied by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation 2.India Air Transport Statistics published by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

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Table 5D.1 : Airportwise Domestic Traffic Handled per Day during 2008-09
Sl. No. State/UT Name of the Airport Avg. No. of flights handled per day 20 188 25 10 6 42 0.3 10 69 4 1 12 0.01 0.04 14 17 28 3 433 53 71 4 4 2 3 0.02 2 5 2 19 4 2 2 18 6 19 21 249 2 6 24 7 59 24 Avg. no. of passengers handled per day (in number) 1314 12736 339 425 175 1641 0.23 339 3743 153 11 393 0.008 0.3 944 999 1094 42 41299 5017 5867 167 294 204 74 0.1 39 353 78 1229 91 60 41 1102 545 1964 703 19508 47 163 1432 447 3695 1318 Avg. cargo handled per day ( in Tonnes) 7 71 0 0.07 0 2 0 1 5 0.45 0 1 0 0 7 1 1 0.003 379 10 38 0 0.21 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 4 2 5 2 160 0 0 1 1 18 4

1 2

A & N Island Andhra Pradesh

3 4

Arunachal Pradesh Assam

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Daman & Diu Delhi Goa Gujarat

12

Himachal Pradesh

13

Jammu & Kashmir

14 15

Jharkhand Karnataka

16

Kerala

Portblair Hyderabad Rajahmundry Tirupathi Vijayawada Vizag Tezu Dibrugarh Guwahati Jorhat Lilabari Silchar Tezpur Gaya Patna Chandigarh Raipur Diu Delhi Goa Ahmedabad Bhavnagar Bhuj Jamnagar Kandla Keshod Porbander Rajkot Surat Vadodara Kulu Kangra Shimla Jammu Leh Srinagar Ranchi Bangalore Belgaum Hubli Mangalore Calicut Cochin Trivandrum

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Table 5D.1 (contd.) : Airportwise Domestic Traffic Handled per Day during 2008-09
Sl. No. 17 18 State/UT Name of the Airport Agatti Bhopal Gwalior Indore Jabalpur Khajuraho Aurangabad Mumbai Juhu Kolhapur Nagpur Pune Imphal Aizwal Dimapur Bhuwaneshwar Pondicherry Amritsar Ludhiana Pathankot Jaipur Jodhpur Udaipur Coimbatore Chennai Madurai Tiruchirapalli Tuticorin Agartala Agra Allahabad Gorakhpur Kanpur Lucknow Varanasi Dehradun Pantnagar Bagdogra Kolkata Avg. No. of flights handled per day 4 27 3 48 5 5 11 444 65 3 30 51 16 6 5 31 0.02 8 0.3 0.4 39 5 17 39 234 21 5 2 20 2 3 1 2 42 15 4 1 17 194 2916 Avg. no. of passengers handled per day (in number) 53 632 15 1646 121 182 520 41964 414 61 1958 4408 877 256 125 1845 0.04 367 1 2 2692 229 711 2524 16930 967 242 106 1019 52 44 21 16 1819 971 140 0.39 1202 16405 211622 Avg. cargo handled per day ( in Tonnes) 0 3 0 14 0.005 0 3 448 1 0 12 32 10 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 6 0.31 0 13 153 2 0.05 0 18 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 2 137 1599

Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh

19

Maharashtra

20 21 22 23 24 25

Manipur Mizoram Nagaland Orissa Puducherry Punjab

26

Rajasthan

27

Tamil Nadu

28 29

Tripura Uttar Pradesh

30 31

Uttaranchal West Bengal India Total

Source: Material supplied by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

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Table 5D.2 : Airportwise International Traffic Handled per Day during 2008-09
Sl. No. State Name of the Airport International Terminal Avg. No. of flights handled per day 0 33 0.003 100 2 163 8 15 0.48 38 7 46 52 36 180 4 2 0.12 10 8 0.06 83 3 11 0.13 6 2 31 840 Avg. no. of passengers handled per day (nos.) 0 4293 0.008 7282 130 21286 1068 1875 45 4498 566 4154 5506 4038 22244 237 75 12 1202 607 0.32 10038 245 1035 7 459 121 2746 93769 Avg. cargo handled per day ( in Tonnes) 0 81 0 2 0 824 2 28 0 273 0 34 69 83 1046 1 0 0 5 1 0 604 3 2 0 0.1 0.008 112 3170

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A & N Island Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Delhi Goa Gujarat J&K Karnataka Kerala

Portblair Hyderabad Vijayawada Guwahati Gaya Delhi Goa Ahmedabad Srinagar Bangalore Mangalore Calicut Cochin Trivandrum

11

Maharashtra

Mumbai Nagpur Pune Aurangabad

12 13 14

Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu

Amritsar Jaipur Udaipur Chennai Coimbatore Tiruchirapalli

15

Uttar Pradesh

Agra Lucknow Varanasi

16

West Bengal

Kolkata

India Total

Source : India Air Transport Statistics published by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

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Table 5D.3 : Airlinewise Domestic Traffic Operations during 2008-09

Sl. No. Name of the Airline Passenger Carried ( In '000) Passenger Traffic Passenger Seat km km Carried Available (In Million) (In Million) Passenger Capacity Utilisation % Public Airlines 9408 59.0 362 57.2 1675 20.5 517 33.3 11962 52.4 20.2 Private Airlines 66.9 67.3 67.7 68.8 69.6 63.3 66.1 80.3 77.6 66.6 63.7 Cargo Traffic Cargo Carried (In Tonnes) Tonne km Performed Mail Freight (In Million) Tonne km Available (In Million) Cargo Capacity Utilisation % 57.3 60.4 18.0 32.1 49.5 -

Indian Airlines Alliance Air Air India Air India Express Total Public % Share of Public Airlines to Total Airlines Jet Airways Jetlite Air Deccan Go Air Indigo Airlines Kingfisher Spicejet MDLR Paramount Airways Total Private % Share of Private Airlines to Total Airlines India Total 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 2 4 5

5419 318 381 173 6292 15.9

5550 207 343 172 6272 16.6

14083 6336 18 0 20437 86.1

59535 5627 8349 0 73511 29.1

554 29 41 17 641 18.2

967 48 228 53 1296 21.9

7923.2 3174.4 2578.4 1128.5 4917.4 8563.8 4099.5 100.4 689.9 33175.5 84.1 39467.1

6883.5 3694.1 2237 1038.7 5044.5 7345.2 4761.2 69.1 359.8 31433.1 83.4 37705.1

10296.9 5488.2 3305 1509.9 7243.5 11595.5 7208.4 86.1 463.5 47197 79.8 59159.0

2800 400 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 3300 13.9 23737.0

82100 8500 0 600 34600 53700 0 0 0 179500 70.9 253011.0

665.9 296.9 195.7 93.7 492.4 644 452.3 6.6 32 2879.5 81.8 3520.5

1122.5 480.8 297.5 134.4 732.5 1073.9 719.9 8.7 41.7 4611.9 78.1 5907.9

59.3 61.8 65.8 69.7 67.2 60.0 62.8 75.9 76.7 62.4 59.6

Source: India Air Transport Statistics published by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

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Table 5D.3 (contd.) : Airlinewise Domestic Traffic Operations during 2007-08

Sl. No. Name of the Airline Passenger Carried ( In '000) Passenger Traffic Passenger Seat km km Carried Available (In Million) (In Million) Passenger Capacity Utilisation % Cargo Carried (In Tonnes) Mail Freight Cargo Traffic Tonne km Tonne km Performed Available (In (In Million) Million) Cargo Capacity Utilisation %

1 2 4 5

Indian Airlines Alliance Air Air India Air India Express Total Public % Share of Public Airlines to Total Airlines

6900 538 579 148 8165 18.4

6883 370 521 148 7922 19.0

Public Airlines 10341 555 2012 451 16087 25.4

66.6 66.7 25.9 32.8 49.2 -

13451 3983 6 0 17440 86.0

71367 5090 12697 58 89212 31.6

680 40 60 14 794 20.7

1016 57 275 47 1395 23.3

66.9 70.2 21.8 29.8 56.9 -

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Jet Airways Jetlite Air Deccan Go Air Indigo Airlines Kingfisher Spicejet Paramount Airways Total Private % Share of Private Airlines to Total Airlines India Total

9771 3123 7098 1806 3890 5786 4095 652 36220 81.6 44384

8564 3809.6 6259 1530 3862 5142 4343 287 33796.6 81.0 41719

Private Airlines 12073 70.9 5361 71.1 8538 73.3 1978 77.4 5315 72.7 7549 68.1 6012 72.2 405 70.9 47231 71.6 74.6 63318 65.9

2783 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 2837 14.0 20277

111430 10049 0 2971 32609 36017 0 0 193076 68.4 282288

833 369 459 135 385 426 413 25 3045 79.3 3839

1234.9 503 768 176 538 727 604 37 4587.9 76.7 5983

67.5 73.4 59.8 76.7 71.6 58.6 68.4 67.6 66.4 64.2

Source: Material supplied by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

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Table 5D.4 : Airlinewise International Traffic Operations during 2008-09

Sl. No. Name of the Airline Passenger Carried ( In '000) Passenger Traffic Passenger Seat km km Carried Available (In Million) (In Million) 5029 15051 5404 25484 62.55 Passenger Capacity Utilisation % Cargo Carried (In Tonnes) Mail Freight Cargo Traffic Tonne km Tonne km Performed Available (In (In Million) Million) 513 2083 537 3133 63.44 723 3688 755 5166 58.62 Cargo Capacity Utilisation % 71.0 56.5 71.1 60.6 -

1 2 3

Indian Airlines Air India Air India Express Total Public % Share of Public Airlines to Total Airlines

2142 2453 2064 6659.24 66.27

Public Airlines 7657 65.7 24887 60.5 7141 75.7 39685 64.2 63.83 -

71 1795 0 1866 58.94

10391 63494 0 73885 43.26

Private Airlines Jet Airlines 3107.3 14562.3 21355.3 68.2 Kingfisher 87.9 549.8 932.1 59.0 Jetlite 194.6 145.4 199.1 73.0 Total Private 3389.8 15257.5 22486.5 67.9 % Share of Private Airlines to 33.73 37.45 36.17 Total Airlines India Total 10049.0 40741.5 62171.5 65.5 N.B. Kingfisher Airlines started its international operations on 3 September,2008 Source: India Air Transport Statistics published by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation 4 5 6

1000 300 1300 41.06 3166.0

95400 1400 100 96900 56.74 170785.0

1741.1 52.5 11.6 1805.2 36.56 4938.2

3540.1 90.9 15.3 3646.3 41.38 8812.3

49.2 57.8 75.8 49.5 56.0

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Table 5D.4 (contd.) : Airlinewise International Traffic Operations during 2007-08

Sl. No. Name of the Airline Passenger Carried ( In '000) Passenger Traffic Passenger Seat km km Available Carried (In Million) (In Million) 5899 17595 4077 27571 76.31 8289 27987 5498 41774 76.70 Passenger Capacity Utilisation % Cargo Carried (In Tonnes) Mail Freight Cargo Traffic Cargo km Tonne km Carried Performed (In (In Million) Million) Tonne km Available (In Million) Cargo Capacity Utilisation %

Indian Airlines Air India Air India Express Total Public % Share of Public Airlines to Total Airlines Jet airways Jetlite Total Private % Share of Private Airlines to Total Airlines India Total N.B. 4 5

1 2 3

2469 3260 1565 7294 80.08

Public Airlines 71.2 80 62.9 2031 74.2 0 66.0 2111 78.77 Private Airlines 67.5 384 66.0 185 67.5 569 21.23 66.3 2680

14705 71730 2281 88716 63.27

36 421 7 464 58.68

603 2116 421 3140 75.16

793 4123 594 5510 72.61

76.0 51.3 70.9 57.0 -

1640 174 1814 19.92 9108

8360 200 8560 23.69 36131

12387 303 12690 23.30 54464

51085 420 51505 36.73 140221

325.5 1.2 326.7 41.32 791

1018 20 1038 24.84 4178

2052 27 2079 27.39 7589

49.6 74.1 49.9 55.1

Kingfisher Airlines started its international operations on 3 September 2008

Source: Material supplied by DGCA, M/o Civil Aviation

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