Presentation on Industry Information

It is the 9th largest in the world. Private airlines bear almost 75% of the domestic aviation requirements. Domestic air traffic stood at approx 46 million against 40 million in 2009 (15% increase). Total domestic cargo grew by more than 15% to reach at approximately 3,90,000 tonnes in 2010.

Indias airports handle 42 million passengers, of which the four Metro gateway airports (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai) account for 47% of revenue and 66% of the passengers. Until 2000, there were 5 major international airports, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai and Trivandrum. Further six airports including Amritsar, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin were announced in 2002.

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The Airport Authority of India (AAI), functioning under the Ministry of Civil Aviation was responsible for managing the airports in India. It owns 122 airports, 61 of which are operational. The breakdown is as follows: 11 international 94 civil and 27 civil enclaves at defence airfields.

The Civil Aviation market in India witnessed a CAGR growth of about 18%, which was valued at US$ 5.6 billion in 2008. In August 2009 domestic airliners transported more than 3.67 million passengers against only 2.92 million in the corresponding period of 2007 (increase up by 26%). The Aviation Ministry in India has allotted US$ 9 billion to modernize the existing airports by the year 2011.

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) estimated that domestic airline traffic in the country will go up by 30% to 35% in 2011 and 2012, while the international traffic is expected to increase by 15%. This means not less than 110 million passengers travel by air by 2011. With respect to the volume of domestic passengers, US have always been leading the sector followed by China, Japan and India. Between 2005 and 2008, the number of domestic flights in the nation rose up by 69%, while the domestic aviation sector grew by 9-10%.

It is estimated that the Ministry of Civil Aviation in India will alone handle about 280 million passengers by the year 2020. Industry experts envisage about US$ 110 billion new investments in the Indian aviation sector with not less than US$ 80 billion exclusively targeted for the purchase of new aircraft and US$ 30 billion for developing the infrastructure at the airports.

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