Lok Sabha Question No. 1420 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Increasing Number of Air Passengers
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1420

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  15th December 2022 )

## INCREASING NUMBER OF AIR PASSENGERS

1420.    SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE

DR SUBHASH RAMARAO BHAMRE

DR AMOL RAMSING KOLHE

DR DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  whether  the  number  of  air  passengers  are  increasing  in  Andaman  & Nicobar  Islands,  Maharashtra  and  Tamil  Nadu  every  year  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b) the details of steps taken by the Government to increase air services in these States in view of increasing number of passengers;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  any  statistics  regarding  number  of  air passengers in the country;
- (d) if so, the number of passengers who travelled by air during the last three years and the current year, year-wise and the revenue generated therefrom;
- (e) whether there has been negative growth in domestic air traffic during the last three years and current year in the country and if so, the details thereof and the corrective steps taken in this regard; and
- (f) whether there are many towns and cities in the country which are still
- not connected by air travel and if so, the steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION      (GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

- a) to (f) Yes, Sir. During the pre-covid period, there was an increase in air passengers in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The  details  of  passenger  traffic  along  with  the  percentage  growth  in

Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu is attached at Annexure I. Ministry of Civil Aviation launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21-10-2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and making air travel affordable to the masses. During 2019-20, all Indian airports across the country handled 275 million passenger  traffic.  Due  to  the  adverse  effect  of  COVID-19  on  aviation industry worldwide, the domestic passenger traffic in India decreased to 105 million during 2020-21. The details of domestic passenger traffic since 2020-21 to October 2022 is attached at Annexure II.; The details of revenue earned by Airports Authority of India for the last three years and the current year (October 2022) is attached at ANNEXURE III. As on 30.11.2022, after four rounds of bidding under UDAN, 453 routes have commenced, operationalizing 70 Airports including 2 Water Aerodrome & 9 Heliports. More than 2.15 lakh UDAN flights have operated and over 1.1 crore  passengers  have  availed  the  benefits  in  UDAN  flights  so  far.  The scheme has been able to provide air connectivity to Tier-2 &Tier-3 cities at affordable airfares and has transformed the way people travel.

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| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             |
| S No                                                                   | Airport                                                                | 2021-22                                                                | 2020-21                                                                | % Change in 2021- 22 over 2020-21                                      | 2019-20                                                                | % Change in 2020-21 over 2019-20                                       | 2018-19                                                                | % Change in 2019-20 over 2018-19                                       | 2017-18                                                                | % Change in 2018- 19 over 2017-18                                      |
| 1 PORTBLAIR                                                            | 1 PORTBLAIR                                                            | 761610                                                                 | 400361                                                                 | 90.2                                                                   | 1658661                                                                | -75.9                                                                  | 1711881                                                                | -3.1                                                                   | 1549951                                                                | 10.4                                                                   |
| TOTAL                                                                  | TOTAL                                                                  | 761610                                                                 | 400361                                                                 | 90.2                                                                   | 1658661                                                                | -75.9                                                                  | 1711881                                                                | -3.1                                                                   | 1549951                                                                | 10.4                                                                   |
| MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          | MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          | MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          | MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          | MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          | MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          | MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          | MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          | MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          | MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          | MAHARASHTRA STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22          |
| TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             |
| S No                                                                   | Airport                                                                | 2021-22                                                                | 2020-21                                                                | % Change in 2021- 22 over 2020-21                                      | 2019-20                                                                | % Change in 2020-21 over 2019-20                                       | 2018-19                                                                | % Change in 2019-20 over 2018-19                                       | 2017-18                                                                | % Change in 2018- 19 over 2017-18                                      |
| 1                                                                      | AKOLA                                                                  | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | -                                                                      |                                                                        | -                                                                      | -                                                                      | -                                                                      | -                                                                      | -                                                                      |
| 2                                                                      | AURANGABAD                                                             | 250989                                                                 | 145561                                                                 | 72.4                                                                   | 347734                                                                 | -58.1                                                                  | 347781                                                                 | 0.0                                                                    | 344180                                                                 | 1.0                                                                    |
| 3                                                                      | GONDIA                                                                 | 1774                                                                   | 0                                                                      | -                                                                      | 39                                                                     | -100.0                                                                 | 100                                                                    | -61.0                                                                  |                                                                        | -                                                                      |
| 4                                                                      | JALGAON                                                                | 7604                                                                   | 6049                                                                   | 25.7                                                                   | 15330                                                                  | -60.5                                                                  | 1531                                                                   | 901.3                                                                  | 563                                                                    | 171.9                                                                  |
| 5                                                                      | JUHU                                                                   | 85959                                                                  | 59847                                                                  | 43.6                                                                   | 157852                                                                 | -62.1                                                                  | 147711                                                                 | 6.9                                                                    | 165870                                                                 | -10.9                                                                  |
| 6                                                                      | KOLHAPUR                                                               | 96319                                                                  | 71557                                                                  | 34.6                                                                   | 130868                                                                 | -45.3                                                                  | 17521                                                                  | 646.9                                                                  | 14                                                                     | 125050.0                                                               |
| 7                                                                      | MUMBAI (MIAL)                                                          | 21747892                                                               | 11054811                                                               | 96.7                                                                   | 45873329                                                               | -75.9                                                                  | 48815063                                                               | -6.0                                                                   | 48496430                                                               | 0.7                                                                    |
| 8                                                                      | NAGPUR                                                                 | 1605433                                                                | 948237                                                                 | 69.3                                                                   | 3061548                                                                | -69.0                                                                  | 2801910                                                                | 9.3                                                                    | 2186137                                                                | 28.2                                                                   |
| 9                                                                      | NANDED                                                                 | 19738                                                                  | 28176                                                                  | -29.9                                                                  | 136764                                                                 | -79.4                                                                  | 118248                                                                 | 15.7                                                                   | 49192                                                                  | 140.4                                                                  |
| 10                                                                     | NASIK (HAL OZAR)                                                       | 51789                                                                  | 83140                                                                  | -37.7                                                                  | 102357                                                                 | -18.8                                                                  | 43511                                                                  | 135.2                                                                  | 2248                                                                   | 1835.5                                                                 |
| 11                                                                     | PUNE                                                                   | 3713491                                                                | 2137859                                                                | 73.7                                                                   | 8085607                                                                | -73.6                                                                  | 9070927                                                                | -10.9                                                                  | 8164840                                                                | 11.1                                                                   |
| 12                                                                     | SHIRDI                                                                 | 176787                                                                 | 85673                                                                  | 106.4                                                                  | 568968                                                                 | -84.9                                                                  | 229040                                                                 | 148.4                                                                  | 37234                                                                  | 515.1                                                                  |
| 13                                                                     | SHOLAPUR                                                               | 23                                                                     | 13                                                                     | 76.9                                                                   | 154                                                                    | -91.6                                                                  | 15                                                                     | 926.7                                                                  | 30                                                                     | -50.0                                                                  |
| 14                                                                     | SINDHUDURG                                                             | 19569                                                                  | 0                                                                      | -                                                                      | -                                                                      | -                                                                      | -                                                                      | -                                                                      | -                                                                      | -                                                                      |
| TOTAL                                                                  | TOTAL                                                                  | 27777367                                                               | 14620923                                                               | 90.0                                                                   | 58480550                                                               | -75.0                                                                  | 61593358                                                               | -5.1                                                                   | 59446738                                                               | 3.6                                                                    |
| TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            | TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            | TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            | TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            | TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            | TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            | TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            | TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            | TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            | TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            | TAMILNADU STATE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22            |
| TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             | TOTAL PASSENGERS (IN NOS.)                                             |
| S No                                                                   | Airport                                                                | 2021-22                                                                | 2020-21                                                                | % Change in 2021- 22 over 2020-21                                      | 2019-20                                                                | % Change in 2020-21 over 2019-20                                       | 2018-19                                                                | % Change in 2019-20 over 2018-19                                       | 2017-18                                                                | % Change in 2018- 19 over 2017-18                                      |
| 1                                                                      | CHENNAI                                                                | 9533301                                                                | 5495707                                                                | 73.5                                                                   | 22266722                                                               | -75.3                                                                  | 22543822                                                               | -1.2                                                                   | 20361482                                                               | 10.7                                                                   |
| 2                                                                      | COIMBATORE                                                             | 1285922                                                                | 846649                                                                 | 51.9                                                                   | 2842835                                                                | -70.2                                                                  | 3000882                                                                | -5.3                                                                   | 2403935                                                                | 24.8                                                                   |
| 3                                                                      | MADURAI                                                                | 679781                                                                 | 565539                                                                 | 20.2                                                                   | 1422337                                                                | -60.2                                                                  | 1520016                                                                | -6.4                                                                   | 1442807                                                                | 5.4                                                                    |
| 4                                                                      | SALEM                                                                  | 2577                                                                   | 18513                                                                  | -86.1                                                                  | 35905                                                                  | -48.4                                                                  | 41404                                                                  | -13.3                                                                  | 998                                                                    | 4048.7                                                                 |
| 5                                                                      | TANJAVUR                                                               | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | -                                                                      |                                                                        | -                                                                      |                                                                        | -                                                                      |                                                                        | -                                                                      |
| 6                                                                      | TRICHY                                                                 | 556707                                                                 | 355903                                                                 | 56.4                                                                   | 1612492                                                                | -77.9                                                                  | 1578831                                                                | 2.1                                                                    | 1513273                                                                | 4.3                                                                    |
| 7                                                                      | TUTICORIN                                                              | 135363                                                                 | 121320                                                                 | 11.6                                                                   | 235692                                                                 | -48.5                                                                  | 177427                                                                 | 32.8                                                                   | 96143                                                                  | 84.5                                                                   |
| 8                                                                      | VELLORE                                                                | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | -                                                                      |                                                                        | -                                                                      |                                                                        | -                                                                      |                                                                        | -                                                                      |
| TOTAL                                                                  | TOTAL                                                                  | 12193651                                                               | 7403631                                                                | 64.7                                                                   | 28415983                                                               | -73.9                                                                  | 28862382                                                               | -1.5                                                                   | 25818638                                                               | 11.8                                                                   |

## ANNEXURE IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1420 FOR ANSWER ON 15.12.2022

## YEARWISE DETAILS OF DOMESTIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC

| Financial year         |   Domestic Passengers (in million) |   Percentage growth (%) |
|------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 2020-21                |                                105 |                   -61.7 |
| 2021-22                |                                167 |                    58.5 |
| 2022-23 (upto October) |                                147 |                    96.5 |

Source: Airports Authority of India

Note: The percentage change for the financial year 2022-23 (upto October 2022) has been calculated based on the corresponding figure of the previous financial year.

## ANNEXURE III

## ANNEXURE IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1420 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 15.12.2022

## REVENUE EARNED BY AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA

| FINANCIAL YEAR              |   Revenue (Approx. Rs. in crores) |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2019-20                     |                             12837 |
| 2020-21                     |                              4867 |
| 2021-22                     |                              6841 |
| 2022-23 (Upto October 2022) |                              6074 |

(Source: Airports Authority of India)