Lok Sabha Question No. 3279 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Losses Suffered by Air India
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3279 (To be answered on the March 2018)

## LOSSES SUFFERED BY AIR INDIA

## 3279. SHRI SISRR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- of travel, if sO, the details thereof;
- (c) whether due to high ground charges; Air India is facing maximum losses in international sectors and if s0, the details thereof; and

be pleased to state: -

- (b) the income and expenditure comparison between the flights of domestic and international sectors therefor;
- (d) the details of flights and profit in comparison to expenditure with domestic and international sectors during last five years therein, sector-wise?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIA TION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a): Air India continually conducts market studies to explore new potential routes and destinations, subject to availability of resources. New routes and flights introduced by Air India in the last 03 years and the current year are at AnnexureA
- (b): The details of Traffic Revenue and Total Cost both Domestic and International for the period April 2017 to Dec 2017 are as follows:
- (c): The ground charges may possibly refer to the ground handling charges incurred by Air India. These charges are as per the contract entered into with the ground Handling agents and are subject to escalation:
- (d): The details of total revenue earned year-wise in comparison to total cost in domestic and International sectors during last five years from 2012-13 to 2016-17 is at Annexure-B.

Domestic (Rs. in lakh)

International

(Rs.in lakh)

Traffic Revenue

5,05,964

10,44,676

Total Cost

6,76,231

13,34,296

Details of new routes and flights introduced by Air India in the last 03 years and the current year are as follows:

## 2014-15

- Delhi-Rome-Milan-Delhi & Delhi-Milan-Rome-Delhi with effect from Jun, 2014; 06th
- ii\_ Delhi-Mcscow-Delhi with effect from 18jul, 2014;
- iii. Delhi-Moscow-Delhi extended to Goa from Oct; 2014; 26th
- iv. Delhi-Gay-Yangon & VV with effect from 18th Nov, 2014;
- V Delhi-Vijayawada-Delhi with effect from 15 Jan, 2015.

## 2015-16

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- Delhi-Vishakhapatnam-Port Blair & VV from 2015; Ogth Apr"
- ii, Delhi-Colombo-Delhi from 15th Jun'2015;
- Delhi-Surat-Delhi from Oct"2015; 01st
- iv Varanasi-Bhubaneswar & VV from Nov'2015; 08th
- V Mumbai-Calicut vV route with effect from November, 2015;
- vi. Bengaluru-Delhi-San Francisco & Vv from 01st Dec'2015;
- vii. Kolkata-Durgapur-Delhi and vv from Dec'2015; and 22nd
- Bengaluru-Trivandrum & VV from 27 Mar 2016.

## 2016-12

- Delhi-Vienna-Delhi from 08" April, 2016.
- ii\_ Ahmedabad-London-Newark & Vv route from 15th 2016. Aug;
- iii. Ahmedabad-London-Ahmedabad route from 15th 2016. Aug,
- iv Delhi-Madrid-Delhi effective 01 dec, 2016.
- V Oct; 2016 30th
- vi Delhi-Chennai-Coimbatore & VV effective 30th Oct, 2016
- vii. Leh-Chandigarh & Vv effective 31st Dec; 2016
- viii . Mumbai-Chandigarh-Mumbai effective 16th Jan, 2017
- ix Chandigarh-Pune-Chandigarh effective 16th Jan, 2017

## 2017-18

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- Delhi-Rajkot-Delhi effective 03rd 2017 (03 flightsleek); May,
- Sl Delhi-Rajkot-Delhi frequency increased from 03 Iweek to O6/week from 015 Jun, 2017;

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- Delhi-Varanasi-Delhi new flight in the evening from Jun, 2017.(04 flights per week); 01st
- iv Delhi-Washington-Delhi-Hyderabad from 07th July, 2017;
- vi. Delhi-Stockholm-Delhi 03 flights per week on days 3, 5,7 we f 16th 2017; Aug,
- V Varanasi-Colombo-Varanasi 02 flights per week on 5,7 w.e.f 04th 2017; days Aug;
- Delhi-Copenhagen-Delhi 03 flights per week on 2, 4, 6 w.e.f 18th 2017; days Sep;
- viii.
- ix Hyderabad-Bhubaneshwar-Kolkata daily flight we f 10" Jun, 2017;
- xi\_ Kolkata-Guwahati second daily frequency with effect from 10" Jun, 2017;
- Guwahati-Kolkata-Bengaluru daily flight Wef 10" Jun; 2017;
- xii. Varanasi-Kolkata-Varanasi 02 flights per week on 2,4 with effect from 27th 2017; days Nov,
- xiii. Delhi-Bangkok-Delhi second daily frequency with effect from O9" DEC, 2017;
- xiv. Bangkok-Bhubaneshwar-Bangkok 03 flights per Week (4, 6, 7) with effect from 10th DEC, 2017;
- XV. Bangkok-Chandigarh-Bangkok 04 flights per week (1, 2, 3, 5 ) with effect 11t DEC, 2017; from
- xvi: Bhubaneshwar-Bengaluru-Bhubaneshwar 03 flights per week (4, 6, 7) with effect from DEC, 2017; 10th
- xvii: Bengaluru-Huballi-Mumbai & vv with effect from Dec, 2017 03 flights per week on days 2,3,6; 12th
- xviii. Mumbai-Amritsar-Mumbai 02 flights per week on 6,7 with effect from 23dec 2017; day
- xix Amritsar-Nanded-Amritsar 02 flights per week on 6,7 with effect from 23dec 2017; day
- XX Bengaluru-Hyderabad-Bengaluru daily fight with effect from 01": Jan 2018;
- xxii. Delhi-Vizag-Port Blair-Delhi 03 flights per week from O1jan 2018;
- xxi. Delhi-Guwahati-Delhi daily flight with effect from 01st Jan 2018;
- xxiii.
- xxiv. Bengaluru-Guwahati-Bengaluru 04 flights per week from 20" Feb, 2018;
- xxvi. Delhi-Amritsar-Birmingham & vv 02 flights per week with effect from 20" Feb, 2018;
- XXV Delhi-Singapore-Delhi 02nd daily frequency from 1o" Jan 2018;
- xxvii Delhi-San Francisco-Delhi increase in frequency from 06 flights week to 09 flights Iweek planned with effect from 25"h March, 2018; and
- xxviii. Delhi-Tel Aviv-Delhi 03 flights per week planned from 22nd March 2018,

## Annexure-B

## ROUTE ECONOMICS OF AIR INDIA FOR THE PERIOD 2012-2013 (PROVISIONAL) to 2016-17 PROVISIONAL) of INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC SECTOR

|      |                       | (Rs. In Lakh)                      | (Rs. In Lakh)   |
|------|-----------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------|
| S.No | Year Sector           | Total Revenue incl: Fuel surcharge | Total Cost      |
|      | International 2012-13 | 7,62,916.75                        |                 |
|      | Domestic              | 569820.20                          | 717350.36       |
| 2    | International 2013-14 | 9,26,243.23                        | 13,53,577.91    |
| 2    | Domestic              | 608295.14                          | 761118.00       |
| 3    | International 2014-15 | 10,45,617.45                       | 14,91,920.93    |
| 3    | Domestic              | 6,31,156.47                        | 7,73,508.38     |
|      | International 2015-16 | 11,00,739.09                       | 14,76,251.71    |
|      | Domestic              | 5,68,204.451                       | 7,44,067.15     |
| 5    | International 2016-17 | 341520.79                          | 403278.82       |
| 5    | Domestic              | 588486.47                          |                 |

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