Lok Sabha Question No. 3099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Domestic Passengers
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja

3099.

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3099

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the March 2020) 12th

## DOMESTIC PASSENGERS

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the number of the domestic air passengers travelled during the last three years and the current year within the country including Tami Nadu;
- (c) whether there is a growth in the domestic air passengers within the country and if sO, the details thereof; and
- (b) the details of the revenue generated through these passengers during the said period;
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to enhance this growth within the country?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a) to (d): Details of the domestic air passengers during the last three years and the current year within the country including Tamil Nadu as submitted by the airlines to Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) are attached as Annexure-I. Information related to Tamil Nadu regarding Domestic air passengers travelled is attached as Annexure-II. Airlines are not required to submit information regarding\_generation of revenue Passenger wisel City wise/ Sector wise to DGCA. However the financial performance of Scheduled Indian Carriers for both Scheduled Domestic and Scheduled International services, as per information made available by the Scheduled Indian Carriers is attached as Annexure- III: pair
- I. Provide airport infrastructure through Airports Authority of India and the private operators.

Government is conscious of financial difficulties faced by the Airline Companies Accordingly, the Government has constantly been responding to industry conditions and undertaking specific measures to facilitate and enable growth of the sector. The major steps taken by this Ministry to help civil aviation sector include:

II Provide an efficient Air Navigation System in the Country

IV: Coordinate with all stakeholders to resolve their issues through regular interactions.

III; Regulate the aviation industry through Directorate General of Civil Aviation to ensure safety standards.

V. Provide Viability Funding and other concessions to selected airline operators under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) = UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) as per the scheme document: Gap

VII Reduction of Central Excise Duty applicable on ATF from 14% to 11% w.e.f Ilth October 2018.

VI Provide financial assistance to Air India as per the approved Plan:

VIII; Rationalization of Goods and Services Tax provisions

- X. The requirement for 5/20 is modified and all airlines can commence international operations provided that they deploy 20 aircraft or 20% of total capacity (in terms of average number of seats on all departure put together) whichever is higher for domestic operations:
2. IX Rationalization of Category-I routes under Route Dispersal Guidelines on the basis of criteria given in National Civil Aviation Policy 2016.
3. Liberalization of domestic code share points in India within the framework of Air Service Agreements.

XII. With a view to modernize existing airports so as to\_establish high standards and ease demand pressures on them, 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under automatic route has been allowed in brownfield airport projects: This would facilitate the development of domestic aviation infrastructure: FDI for Scheduled Air Transport Service/ Domestic Scheduled Passenger Airline has been allowed upto 49% under automatic route. For Non Resident Indians (NRIs), 100% FDI will continue to be allowed under automatic route. Foreign airlines are allowed to invest in capital of Indian companies operating scheduled and non-scheduled air transport services up to the iimit of 49% @f their paid up capital, Such investment is subject to the condition, inter alia, that Scheduled and Non-Scheduled Operator's Permit would be granted only to a company the substantial ownership and effective control of which is vested in Indian nationals.

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| Statement regarding the growth rate for passengers carried by the Indian airlines in Scheduled Domestic Services, referred to in the reply of LOK SABHA Un Starred Q No.3099 to be answered on 12-03-2020 | Statement regarding the growth rate for passengers carried by the Indian airlines in Scheduled Domestic Services, referred to in the reply of LOK SABHA Un Starred Q No.3099 to be answered on 12-03-2020 | Statement regarding the growth rate for passengers carried by the Indian airlines in Scheduled Domestic Services, referred to in the reply of LOK SABHA Un Starred Q No.3099 to be answered on 12-03-2020 | Statement regarding the growth rate for passengers carried by the Indian airlines in Scheduled Domestic Services, referred to in the reply of LOK SABHA Un Starred Q No.3099 to be answered on 12-03-2020 | Statement regarding the growth rate for passengers carried by the Indian airlines in Scheduled Domestic Services, referred to in the reply of LOK SABHA Un Starred Q No.3099 to be answered on 12-03-2020 |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2016-17                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2017-18                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2018-2019                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2019-20 (till December)                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| PAX (NOS:)                                                                                                                                                                                                | 103,748,598                                                                                                                                                                                               | 123,315,916                                                                                                                                                                                               | 140,333,572                                                                                                                                                                                               | 108,387,816                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Growth Rate( %) over the previous FY                                                                                                                                                                      | 21.8                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 18.9                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 13.8                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 3.2*                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Growth rate (%) over the same period of the previous financial year.                                                                                                                                      | Growth rate (%) over the same period of the previous financial year.                                                                                                                                      | Growth rate (%) over the same period of the previous financial year.                                                                                                                                      | Growth rate (%) over the same period of the previous financial year.                                                                                                                                      | Growth rate (%) over the same period of the previous financial year.                                                                                                                                      |

Statement regarding wise Passenger carried by the Indian Airlines in Scheduled domestic services in Tamil Nadu, referred to in the reply of LOK SABHA Un Starred Q No.3099 to be answered on 12-03-2020 City pair

| From city   | To city        | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19 (P)   | 2019- 2o(P)Till Dec,2019)   |
|-------------|----------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------------------------|
| AGARTALA    | CHENNAI        | 8582      | 21902'    | 35887         | 21656                       |
| AGARTALA    | COIMBATORE     | 705       | 869       | 144           |                             |
| AHMEDABAD   | CHENNAI        | 184699    | 235293    | 300436        | 239989                      |
| AHMEDABAD   | COIMBATORE     | 10591     | 9144      | 9898          | 2644                        |
| AMRITSAR    | CHENNAI        | 2203      | 2494      |               |                             |
| AURANGABAD  | CHENNAI        |           |           |               | 3902                        |
| BAGDOGRA    | CHENNAI        | 17174     | 17654     | 28559         | 54732                       |
| BELGAUM     | CHENNAI:       |           | 11079     | 2795          |                             |
| BENGALURU   | CHENNAI        | 531405    | 542662    | 681634        | 529624                      |
| BENGALURU   | COIMBATORE     | 97924     | 107501    | 168774        | 154750                      |
| BENGALURU   | MADURAI        | 24904     | 40733     | 65489         | 35453                       |
| BENGALURU   | TIRUCHIRAPALLY |           |           | 14797         | 19605                       |
| BENGALURU   | TUTICORIN      |           |           | 5514          | 3531                        |
| BHUBANESWAR | CHENNAI        | 26145     | 59801     | 151766        | 78148                       |
| BHUBANESWAR | COIMBATORE     | 4265      | 3143      | 4303          | 1337                        |
| CHANDIGARH  | CHENNAI        | 6998      | 12515     | 7639          | 8953                        |
| CHENNAI     | AGARTALA       | 11528     | 21426     | 22516         | 16494                       |
| CHENNAI     | AHMEDABAD      | 191230    | 232460    | 287243        | 233299                      |
| CHENNAI     | AMRITSAR       | 2435      | 2298      |               |                             |
| CHENNAI     | AURANGABAD     |           |           |               | 4222                        |
| CHENNAI     | BAGDOGRA       | 22937     | 20239     | 29132         | 53297                       |
| CHENNAI     | BELGAUM        |           | 11686     | 3144          |                             |
| CHENNAI     | BENGALURU      | 546961    | 544027    | 696972        | 533226                      |
| CHENNAI     | BKUBANESWAR    | 22330     | 57155     | 151556        | 77038                       |
| CHENNAI     | CHANDIGARH     | 7958      | 15249     | 9869          | 10865'                      |
| CHENNAI     | COIMBATORE     | 361352    | 431578    | 496187        | 346108                      |
| CHENNAI     | DABOLIM        | 77080     | 122279    | 150944        | 119699                      |
| CHENNAI     | DEHRA DUN      |           | 37        |               | 4263                        |
| CHENNAI     | DELHI          | 1182097   | 1255366   | 1344288       | 899791                      |
| CHENNAI     | DURGAPUR       |           |           |               | 11341                       |
| CHENNAI     | GUWAHATI       | 96707     | 117869    | 166693        | 119503                      |
| CHENNAI     | HUBLI          |           |           | 32893         | 23759                       |
| CHENNAI     | HYDERABAD      | 576473    | 647109    | 637360        | 578471                      |

| CHENNAI    | INDORE         | 6735    | 38212   | 53565   | 40762   |
|------------|----------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| CHENNAI    | JAIPUR         | 60696   | 87158   | 119492  | 60442   |
| CHENNAI    | JAMMU          |         |         | 532     |         |
| CHENNAI    | KADAPA         | 257     | 5809    | 15342   | 12929   |
| CHENNAI    | KANNUR         |         |         | 10768   | 32361   |
| CHENNAI    | KOCHI          | 294193  | 323695  | 331776  | 278521  |
| CHENNAI    | KOLKATA        | 561415  | 580439  | 656683  | 524815  |
| CHENNAI    | KOZHIKODE      | 25364   | 27457   | 65058   | 41389   |
| CHENNAI    | LUCKNOW        | 8918    | 17225   | 57431   | 42261   |
| CHENNAI    | MADURAI        | 266563  | 379871  | 342168  | 246900  |
| CHENNAI    | MANGALORE      |         | 10645   | 55630   | 32529   |
| CHENNAI    | MUMBAI         | 1100958 | 1193414 | 1111492 | 818862  |
| CHENNAI    | MYSORE         |         | 8960    | 20314   | 16335   |
| CHENNAI    | NAGPUR         |         | 40      | 17694   | 34019   |
| CHENNAI    | PATNA          | 15      | 18092   | 52615   | 25243   |
| CHENNAI    | PORT BLAIR     | 248924  | 303764  | 314087  | 247518  |
| CHENNAI    | PUNE           | 423171  | 474110  | 502410  | 279706  |
| CHENNAI    | RAIPUR         | 15578   | 14865   | 11903   | 33208   |
| CHENNAI    | RAJAHMUNDRY    | 16303   | 4673    | 24545   | 16403   |
| CHENNAI    | RAJKOT         |         | 490     |         |         |
| CKENNAI    | RANCHI         |         | 312     |         |         |
| CHENNAI    | SALEM          |         | 401     | 20320   | 14782   |
| CHENNAI    | SHIRDI         |         |         | 14970   | 47274   |
| CHENNAI    | SRINAGAR       | 1408    | 58      | 5145    | 5873    |
| CHENNAI    | SURAT          |         | 958     | 21219   | 42405   |
| CHENNAI    | TIRUCHIRAPALLY | 82440   | 69516   | 115728  | 77988   |
| CHENNAI    | TIRUPATI       |         | 0       |         |         |
| CHENNAI    | TRIVANDRUM     | 152319  | 169732  | 201124  | 144967  |
|            | TUTICORIN      | 54089   | 52680   | 88269   | 88396   |
| CHENNAI    | UDAIPUR        |         | 4664    | 39396   | 19617   |
| CHENNAI    | VADODARA       | 6757    | 5779    | 6132    | 1120    |
| CHENNAI    | VARANASI       |         | 10469   | 36557   | 66311   |
| CHENNAI    | VIDYANAGAR     |         | 65      |         |         |
| CHENNAI    | VIJAYAWADA     | 37714   | 55788   | 75547   | 45026   |
| CHENNAI    | VISAKHAPATNAM  | 135668  | 126215  | 127503  | 99754   |
| COIMBATORE | AGARTALA       | 767     | 886     | 323     | 149     |
| COIMBATORE | AHMEDABAD      | 613     | 9301    | 9249    | 2768    |
| COIMBATORE | AMRITSAR       |         | 1097    | 1387    | 938     |
| COIMBATORE | BELGAUM        |         | 27      |         |         |
| COIMBATORE | BENGALURU      | 99481   | 116090  | 184128  | 162419  |
| COIMBATORE | BHUBANESWAR    | 3975    | 3136    | 2022    | 691     |
| COIMBATORE | CHENNAI        | 372979  | 434819  | 482856  | 335818  |
| COIMBATORE | DABOLIM        |         |         | 201     |         |
| COIMBATORE | DELHI          | 115744  | 148813  | 224197  | 181619  |
| COIMBATORE | HYDERABAD      | 144233  | 133747  | 165253  | 111055  |
| COIMBATORE | JAIPUR         |         | 25      | 42      |         |
| COIMBATORE | KOCHI          |         |         | 4321    | 196     |

| COIMBATORE   | KOLKATA        | 13255   | 12185   | 16222   | 10850   |
|--------------|----------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| COIMBATORE   | KOZHIKODE      |         | 13      |         |         |
| COIMBATORE   | LUCKNOW        |         |         |         | 8       |
| COIMBATORE   | MADURAI        |         |         |         | 0       |
| COIMBATORE   | MUMBAI         | 239501  | 245334  | 261323  | 209374  |
| COIMBATORE   | PONDICHERRY    | 0       |         |         |         |
| COIMBATORE   | PUNE           |         | 16619   | 24028   | 8389    |
| COIMBATORE   | RAIPUR         |         |         |         | 383     |
| COIMBATORE   | SURAT          |         |         | 3126    | 1045    |
| COIMBATORE   | TIRUPATI       | 1703    |         |         |         |
| COIMBATORE   | VIJAYAWADA     | 358     |         |         |         |
| COIMBATORE   | VISAKHAPATNAM  | 3207    | 4460    | 5988    | 4531    |
| DABOLIM      | CHENNAI        | 74597   | 119674  | 150781  | 117831  |
| DABOLIM      | COIMBATORE     |         | 401     | 2884    | 1267    |
| DABOLIM      | MADURAI        | 168     | 2320    | 755     |         |
| DEHRA DUN    | CHENNAI        | 5054    | 5305    | 300     |         |
| DEHRA DUN    | MADURAI        | 64      | 263     | 330     |         |
| DELHI        | CHENNAI        | 1163818 | 1252771 | 1331743 | 909800  |
| DELHI        | COIMBATORE     | 115395  | 147924  | 217636  | 179745  |
| DELHI        | MADURAI        | 10496   | 45541   | 50313   | 27391   |
| DELHI        | TIRUCHIRAPALLY |         | 112     | 4633    |         |
| DURGAPUR     | CHENNAI        |         |         |         |         |
| GORAKHPUR    | CHENNAI        |         |         |         | 4       |
| GUWAHATI     | CHENNAI        | 89256   | 117711  | 159021  | 115334  |
| HUBLI        | CHENNAI        |         |         | 33773   | 25914   |
| HYDERABAD    | CHENNAI        | 571423  | 666845  | 639183  | 568705  |
| HYDERABAD    | COIMBATORE     | 140520  | 129158  | 167335  | 112915  |
| HYDERABAD    | MADURAI        | 29552   | 33976   | 64726   | 51173   |
| HYDERABAD    | TIRUCHIRAPALLY |         |         |         | 3890    |
| INDORE       | CHENNAI        | 6729    | 37473   | 54139   | 37502   |
| JAIPUR       | CHENNAI        | 63164   | 81714   | 120559  | 58726   |
| JAIPUR       | COIMBATORE     |         | 36      | 47      |         |
| JAISALMER    | CHENNAI        |         |         |         | 219     |
| KADAPA       | CHENNAI        | 313     | 6318    | 17969   | 15304   |
| KANNUR       | CHENNAI        |         |         | 9351    | 28973   |
| KOCHI        | CHENNAI        | 291202  | 304575  | 322986  | 260509  |
| KOCHI        | COIMBATORE     |         |         | 6521    |         |
|              | MADURAI        |         |         |         |         |
| KOCHI        | TIRUCHIRAPALLY |         |         | 10663   | 10017   |
| KOLKATA      | CHENNAI        | 542160  | 569272  | 640434  | 502644  |
| KOLKATA      | COIMBATORE     | 11643   | 9238    | 9632    | 6217    |
| KOZHIKODE    | CHENNAI        | 25122   | 26566   | 63465   | 39967   |
| KOZHIKODE    | COIMBATORE     |         | 40      |         |         |
| KOZHIKODE    | MADURAI        |         |         | 144     |         |
| LUCKNOW      | CHENNAI        | 10143   | 15197   | 55539   | 39763   |
| MADURAI      | BELGAUM        |         |         |         | 97      |
| MADURAI      | BENGALURU      | 24777   | 41624   | 61052   | 36064   |

| MADURAI        | BHUBANESWAR    |         | 1163    | 1303    |        |
|----------------|----------------|---------|---------|---------|--------|
| MADURAI        | CHENNAI        | 262806  | 382400  | 334354  | 239139 |
| MADURAI        | COIMBATORE     |         |         |         | 66     |
| MADURAI        | DABOLIM        | 105     |         |         |        |
| MADURAI        | DELHI          | 10907   |         | 45525   | 25644  |
| MADURAI        | HYDERABAD      | 29580   | 30659   | 66097   | 53617  |
| MADURAI        | KOCHI          |         |         | 7       |        |
| MADURAI        | KOLKATA        |         | 310     | 1388    |        |
| MADURAI        | KOZHIKODE      |         |         | 47      |        |
| MADURAI        | MANGALORE      |         |         | 75      |        |
| MADURAI        | MUMBAI         | 29784   | 65098   | 70249   | 48385  |
| MADURAI        | PUNE           | 60      | 458     |         |        |
| MADURAI        | RAJAHMUNDRY    |         |         | 87      | 218    |
| MADURAI        | TIRUCHIRAPALLY |         |         |         | 30     |
| MANGALORE      | CHENNAI        | 6292    | 11780   | 55681   | 31347  |
| MANGALORE      | COIMBATORE     | 18      | 161     |         | 845    |
| MUMBAI         | CHENNAI        | 1101462 | 1202314 | 1125304 | 823649 |
| MUMBAI         | COIMBATORE     | 236165  | 245930  | 257336  | 212901 |
| MUMBAI         | MADURAI        | 32526   | 67571   | 71867   | 48846  |
| MUMBAI         | TIRUCHIRAPALLY |         | 650     | 21688   |        |
| MYSORE         | CHENNAI        |         | 8860    | 21636   | 16653  |
| NAGPUR         | CHENNAI        |         |         | 19023   | 35211  |
| NAGPUR         | COIMBATORE     |         |         | 1       | 1848   |
| PATNA          | CHENNAI        | 6       | 15236   | 35031   | 27062  |
| PORT BLAIR     | CHENNAI        | 251318  | 302334  | 320949  | 247977 |
| PUNE           | CHENNAI        | 440646  | 489494  | 504834  | 285795 |
| PUNE           | COIMBATORE     |         | 19238   | 27262   | 8971   |
| RAIPUR         | CHENNAI        | 10351   |         | 1359    | 32996  |
| RAJAHMUNDRY    | CHENNAI        | 18459   | 5556    | 26723   | 17097  |
| RAJAHMUNDRY    | MADURAI        |         |         | 275     | 328    |
| RAJKOT         | CHENNAI        |         | 278     |         |        |
| RANCHI         | CHENNAI        |         | 428     | 718     |        |
| SALEM          | CHENNAI        |         | 443     | 20484   | 14934  |
| SHIRDI         | CHENNAI        |         |         | 14923   | 46422  |
| SRINAGAR       | CHENNAI        | 1613    | 19      | 3357    | 188    |
| SURAT          | CHENNAI        |         | 1371    | 18985   | 41131  |
| SURAT          | COIMBATORE     |         |         |         | 574    |
| TIRUCHIRAPALLY | BENGALURU      |         |         | 14373   | 19945  |
| TIRUCHIRAPALLY | CHENNAI        | 89842   | 64854   | 109070  | 75345  |
| TIRUCHIRAPALLY | COIMBATORE     |         |         |         | 4      |
| TIRUCHIRAPALLY | DELHI          |         | 76      | 2428    |        |
| TIRUCHIRAPALLY | HYDERABAD      |         |         |         | 4071   |
| TIRUCHIRAPALLY | KOCHI          |         |         | 12654   | 10673  |
| TIRUCHIRAPALLY | MADURAI        |         |         |         | 34     |
| TIRUCHIRAPALLY | MUMBAI         |         | 595     | 20706   |        |
| TIRUCHIRAPALLY | TRIVANDRUM     |         |         |         |        |
| TIRUCHIRAPALLY | TUTICORIN      |         |         |         | 60     |

| TIRUPATI            | COIMBATORE     | 1573   |        |        |        |
|---------------------|----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| TIRUPATI            | MADURAI        | 31     | 94     | 443    | 545    |
| TRIVANDRUM          | CHENNAI        | 155632 | 161522 | 192437 | 144028 |
| TRIVANDRUM          | COIMBATORE     |        |        | 7      |        |
|                     | BENGALURU      |        |        | 5879   | 3275   |
| TUTICORIN TUTICORIN | CHENNAI        | 52231  | 49345  | 85784  | 87141  |
| TUTICORIN           | TIRUCHIRAPALLY |        |        |        | 4      |
| UDAIPUR             | CHENNAI        |        | 2310   | 41402  | 23992  |
| VADODARA            | CHENNAI        | 6480   | 4894   | 3146   |        |
| VARANASI            | CHENNAI        |        | 7624   | 43494  | 67543  |
| VIDYANAGAR          | CHENNAI        |        | 51     |        |        |
| VIJAYAWADA          | CHENNAI        | 39673  | 57365  | 79027  | 49174  |
| VIJAYAWADA          | COIMBATORE     | 177    |        |        |        |
| VISAKHAPATNAM       | CHENNAI        | 129183 | 124015 | 127475 | 97761  |
| VISAKHAPATNAM       | COIMBATORE     | 2254   | 5421   | 6592   | 5910   |

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