Lok Sabha Question No. 850 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Number of Air Passengers
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: ANIL SHIROLE, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, RANJANBEN BHATT, George Baker

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## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 850 (To be answered on the February 2019) 7th

## NUMBER OF AIR PASSENGERS

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT SHRI GEORGE BAKER

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the number of air passengers in the country, State-wise including Gujarat; West Bengal and Maharashtra;
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (b) whether the number of air passengers is increasing year by year, if $0, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is planning to create NABH Nirman fund in this regard and is also formulating a scheme of land pooling, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a) to (d): State wise details of number of air passengers carried by scheduled domestic airlines on scheduled domestic operations (departed and arrived at) is given at Annexure:

A comprehensive aviation capacity expansion program, NABH (NextGen Airports for Bharat) Nirman; as announced in the Union Budget 2018, is intended to develop sufficient airport and air space capacity. NABH Nirman; a multi-year program; envisages to expand India's aviation capacity 4 to 5 times to serve a billion passenger trips a year. This program includes overall passenger growth projections, detailed passenger forecasts for all major airports, new regulatory approaches for greenfield and brownfield airports, coliaborative urban and land planning frameworks with various states, and necessary financing to build out aviation capacity Various experts have estimated that aviation capacity expansion to reach a billion trips will require between Rs. 3 lakh crores and 4 lakh crores. Airport investments are required in both commercially viable major airports, minor airports operated as a public service and wide range 0f other landing facilities such as no-frills airports, helipads, and water-based ports for seaplanes: Significant investments are also required in managing air space and in digitizing air traffic management. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has a CAPEX plan of Rs. 25000 crores for next five years Further, a total investment of Rs 1 Lakh crores is expected in aviation sector of India in next five years, which includes CAPEX of AAI, airport expansion plans of Joint Venture (JV) Airports, development of Greenfield airports, development of airports under UDAN, purchase of aircraft by airlines etc

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Material for Lok Sabha Un Starred Question No. 850 to be answered on 07-02-2019

Part (a) and (b)

| STATE/UT          |   PASSENEGRS (IN LAC) | PASSENEGRS (IN LAC)   | PASSENEGRS (IN LAC)   | GROWTH IN %    | GROWTH IN %    |
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|
| STATE/UT          |              2016     | 2017                  | 2018                  | 2017 OVER 2016 | 2018 OVER 2017 |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR |                10.61  | 14.03                 | 16.9                  | 32.2           | 20.2           |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |                35.62  | 38.17                 | 52.0                  | 7.2            | 36.3           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                 0     | o.000                 | 0.015                 |                |                |
| ASSAM             |                41.73  | 55.01                 | 66.6                  | 31.8           | 21.1           |
| BIHAR             |                20.17  | 29.30                 | 40.0                  | 45.3           | 36.4           |
| CHANDIGARH        |                16.94  | 21.26                 | 18.2                  | 25.5           | -14.4          |
| CHHATTISGARH      |                13.27  | 15.25                 | 20.3                  | 15.0           | 32.8           |
| DAMAN & DIU       |                 0.21  | 0.19                  | 0.2                   | 11.2           | 6.7            |
| DELHI             |               409.97  | 469.07                | 519.7                 | 14.4           | 10.8           |
| GOA               |                56.84  | 66.66                 | 74.3                  | 17.3           | 11.4           |
| GUJARAT           |                80.15  | 96.94                 | 122.3                 | 20.9           | 26.1           |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                 1.3   | 1.62                  | 1.7                   | 24.4           | 8.0            |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                38.15  | 42.34                 | 48.1                  | 11.0           | 13.6           |
| JHARKHAND         |                10     | 1733                  | 24.5                  | 73.2           | 41.3           |
| KARNATAKA         |               197.02  | 226.97                |                       | 15.2           | 32.8           |
| KERALA            |                58.77  | 71.36                 | 82.2                  | 21.4           | 15.1           |
| LAKSHADWEEP       |                 0.18  | 0.22                  | 0.3                   | 26.7           | 21.2           |
| MADHYA PRADESH    |                26.03  | 31.09                 | 40.2                  | 19.5           | 29.2           |
| MAHARASHTRA       |               404.69  | 435.84                | 477.4                 | 7.7            | 9.5            |
| MANIPUR           |                 8.22  | 9.00                  | 11.5                  | 9.5            | 28.0           |
| MEGHALAYA         |                 0.12  | 0.14                  | 0.1                   | 11.5           | 6.4            |
| MIZORAM           |                 1.85  | 2.65                  | 2.4                   | 43.6           | -11.1          |
| NAGALAND          |                 1.32  | 1.77                  | 1.9                   | 33.6           | 9.0            |
| ORISSA            |                21.07  | 29.00                 | 40.8                  | 37.7           | 40.5           |
| PONDICHERRY       |                 0     | 0.18                  | 0.9                   |                | 400.7          |
| PUNJAB            |                10.34  | 14.98                 | 18.3                  | 44.8           | 21.9           |
| RAJASTHAN         |                44.87  | 54.66                 | 67.2                  | 21.8           | 23.0           |
| SIKKIM            |                 0     | 0.00                  | 0.1                   |                |                |
| TAMIL NADU        |               154.37  | 175.23                | 214.2                 | 13.5           | 22.2           |
| TELANGANA         |               116.45  | 148.68                | 188.0                 | 27.7           | 26.4           |
| TRIPURA           |                10.83  | 12.80                 | 14.2                  | 18.1           | 11.3           |
| UTTAR PRADESH     |                48.99  | 57.07                 | 76.9                  | 16.5           | 34.8           |
| UTTARAKHAND       |                 7.881 | 10.52                 | 12.3                  | 34.7           | 17.3           |
| WEST BENGAL       |               141.57  | 186.18                | 219.0                 | 31.5           | 17.7           |