Lok Sabha Question No. 1413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-26
Subject: Growth Rate of Air Passengers at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: : 1413

(To be answered on the July 2018)

## GROWTH RATE OF AIR PASSENGERS AT AIRPORTS

1413.

DR PK BIJU SHRI V. ELUMALAI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the yearly growth rate of air passengers in the country;
- (d) whether the number of air passengers would increase further as the Government intends to set up more airports in the country and if s0, the details thereof?
- (b) whether Air India is in financial crisis despite impressive increase in (c) whether the number of air passengers in the country has gone up to more than 10 crore which is higher than railway passengers travelling in Ac coaches and if sO, the details thereof; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): The details of yearly growth rate of air passengers in the country are given at Annexure

(c)&(d): No such analysis has been carried out by this Ministry. However, the details of number of air passengers in last five years are given at Annexure:

(b): Air India Limited has been posting net losses for the past many years: However, there has been a gradual improvement in the operational performance of the company in terms of the increase in the number of passengers carried which has also resulted into small operating profits for the company during 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. The year-wise details are given at Annexure\_

Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1413 to be answered on 26.07.2018

Growth in Air Passenger in the country during the last five years

(GROWTH IN %)

| YEAR       |   Yearly growth in Total Domestic Air passengers (Over Year to Year ) |   Yearly growth in total international Air passenger (Over year to year) |   Yearly growth in Total Air passengers (Over Year to Year ) |
|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14    |                                                                   4.8 |                                                                      6.9 |                                                          5.7 |
| 2014-15    |                                                                  15.5 |                                                                      6.1 |                                                         11.6 |
| 2015-16    |                                                                  21.5 |                                                                      8.9 |                                                         16.6 |
| 2016-17    |                                                                  21.8 |                                                                      9.8 |                                                         17.4 |
| 2017-18(P) |                                                                  18.9 |                                                                     10.8 |                                                         16.1 |

Year-wise details of Air India'$ performance.

## Part (c) & (d)

(in Crores)

| Particulars                         | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|-------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| No of Revenue Passengers (Millions) | 15.43     | 16.88     | 18.00     | 19.10     |
| Operating Profit/(Loss)             | (3977.89) | (2636.19) | 105.00    | 298.02    |
| Net Profit/ (Loss) after Tax        | (6279.60) | (5859.91) | (3836.77) | (5765.11) |

Air passengers in the country during the last five years

(In Crores)

| YEAR       |   Domestic passenger |   International passenger |   Total passenger (Domestic+ international |
|------------|----------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14    |                  6.1 |                       4.3 |                                       10.4 |
| 2014-15    |                  7   |                       4.6 |                                       11.6 |
| 2015-16    |                  8.5 |                       5   |                                       13.5 |
| 2016-17    |                 10.4 |                       5.5 |                                       15.8 |
| 2017-18(P) |                 12.3 |                       6.1 |                                       18.4 |

## P: Provisional