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Monday, June 21, 2004

Posted 2:38 PM by Anurag

Aviation business in India

As I am evaluating with serious interest the Indian civil aviation market (cargo & passengers both) as a business opportunity, I have been looking at numbers. Here are some of 'em(source indiastat ):

* Domestic Passenger 2003-04:22.44m, Growth Rate: 8.5%; International Passenger 2003-04:16.8m, Growth Rate: 6.0%
* Total Aircraft (Domestic+International) movement in India (2001-02): 509959, Total Passengers (Domestic+International) 2001-02: 19.06m Domestic + 14.06 International= 33.96 m. Hence Average flight size=33.96m/509959=66.5 !
* Total Freight Traffic in 2003-2004 was 648861 Tonne.
* Looking at 1988 to 2004 data, freight operations of Air India is almost stagnant in terms of growth index (100 to 100.1).
* Foreign operators handled freight: 462141 Tonne (2002-03); Domestic operators handled freight: just 92866 Tonne! (2002-03)
* Of Total Scheduled International Traffic,
Foreign operators handled passengers: 9203168 (2002-03)
Domestic operators handled passengers: just 3957034! (2002-03)
* 2002-03 Annual Non-Scheduled International Aircraft Movements at Five International Airports in India: 7626 (Chennai 3312 !, Mumbai 1509, Delhi 1046, Calcutta 422, Thiruvananthapuram 134)
* Average Load Factor on Scheduled Services of Indian Carriers in India(2002-2003): Domestic: 56.3, International: 73.9
* There appears to be no major cyclicality in the passenger traffic.
* Competition/liberalization has had its effect: Passenger Load Factor of Scheduled Domestic Operators has fallen from approx 75-80% in late 90s to 50-55 % in 2003.
* Aircraft and Parts market in India (1999): 1190m USD. Imports: 1145m USD!
* Some 40 Non-Scheduled operators with 121 aircrafts in 2002 (3 operators with 6 aircrafts in 1990).
* Number of Commercial Pilot License Issued in 1991: 176, 1999: 181, 2000: 89 (upto 07/08/2000).
* Average Distance Flown Per Passenger (2002-3):920.9 km.
* Average Number of Passengers Carried Per Aircraft (2002-3):77.5
* Average Speed of Aircraft (2002-3): 561.8 Km/Hr
* Passenger Load Factor (2002-3): 56.3%
* Average Stage Distance Flown Per Aircraft Departure (2002-3): 815.0 km
* Available Seat Kms. (2002-3): 44239 (Million).

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