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hand book on civil aviation statistics

a glimpse of aviation statistics…..

2015-16

DGCA OVERVIEW

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is a regulatory body in the field of Civil Aviation primarily dealing with Air Safety issues. It is responsible for regulation of air transport services to/from/within India and for enforcement of civil air regulations, air safety and air worthiness standards. It also interfaces with all the regulatory functions of International Civil Aviation Organization.

DGCA’s Vision Statement:

“Endeavour to promote safe and efficient Air Transportation through regulation and proactive safety oversight system.”

DGCA has several directorates and divisions under its purview to carry out its functions and services. Apart from this, there are 5 regional offices and 10 sub-regional offices as shown below.

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Sl. No. CONTENTS PAGE No.

1. PASSENGER TRAFFIC STATISTICS 1-5

2. FREIGHT TRAFFIC STATISTICS 6-7

3. AIRCRAFT STATISTICS 8-10

4. NSOP STATISTICS 11-12

5. OPERATING ECONOMICS STATISTICS 13-15

6. HUMAN RESOURCE STATISTICS 16-19

7. AIR SAFETY STATISTICS 20

8. OTHER AVIATION RELATED STATISTICS 21-22

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PASSENGER TRAFFIC

Air Passenger Traffic in India, both domestic and international witnessed a positive growth in the year 2015-16 compared to the previous year.

TABLE 1: PASSENGER TRAFFIC AT A GLANCE

PASSENGER TRAFFIC UNIT 2015-16 2014-15

Domestic Passengers Departing Passengers

85.20 million(21.58)

70.08 million(15.51)

Domestic Airline Demand

Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK)

80.96 billion(20.80)

67.02 billion(13.32)

Domestic Airline CapacityAvailable Seat Kilometers (ASK)

97.71 billion(15.21)

84.81 billion(5.07)

International PassengersDeparting and Arriving Passengers

49.78 million(8.85)

45.74 million(5.85)

Total Passengers (Domestic & International) 134.98(16.54)

115.82(11.63)

Figures in parenthesis refer to percentage change over previous year.ASK is calculated as the sum of products obtained by multiplying the total number of seats that are available in each flight by the flight stage distance.

RPK is calculated as the sum of the product obtained by multiplying the number of revenue passengers carried on each flight stage by the stage distance.

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-160.0

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23.4 27.2 28.9 32.1 35.1 38.1 40.3 43.1 45.7 49.835.8

44.4 39.5 45.353.8

60.8 57.6 60.670.08

85.2

59.271.6 68.4

77.488.9

98.9 97.9 103.7115.8

135.0

CHART 1. PASSENGER TRAFFIC CARRIED BY SCHEDULED CARRIERS OVER THE PAST DECADE

INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS DOMESTIC PASSENGERS TOTAL PASSENGERS

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The domestic passenger traffic registered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.10% during the period 2006-07 to 2015-16 while the international passenger traffic grew at 8.75% (CAGR) during the same period.

During the years from 2006-07 to 2015-16, the capacity (ASK) in the domestic market grew at a rate of 8.04% (CAGR) while the demand (RPK) grew at 10.29% (CAGR) during the same period.

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TABLE 2: YEAR ON YEAR GROWTH IN PASSENGERS AND PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PLF)

NAME OF THE AIRLINE

PASSENGERS(2014-15)

(In Number)

PASSENGERS(2015-16)

(In Number)

YoY GROWTH IN PASSENGERS

(%)

PLF(2014-15)

(%)

PLF(2015-16)

(%)

YoY GROWTH IN

PLF(%)

AIR INDIA 11727171 12742163 8.7 77.2 79.2 2.6AIR INDIA EXPRESS 191095 149217 -21.9 73.5 80.1 9.0

ALLIANCE AIR 310492 400340 28.9 68.3 66.5 -2.6SPICEJET 10716089 10670866 -0.4 81.8 92.0 12.5JET ARWAYS 12473808 15961308 28.0 78.4 80.6 2.8INDIGO 23727080 31453451 32.6 79.4 84.1 5.9GO AIR 6529936 7160189 9.7 79.1 83.7 5.7JETLITE 3030638 2439721 -19.5 80.1 79.3 -0.9AIR ASIA 553106 1705808 208.4 76.1 80.2 5.4AIR COSTA 723627 711836 -1.6 74.1 80.7 9.0VISTARA 100919 1422611 1309.7 53.7 69.4 29.1TRUJET 0 204588 - - 80.1 -AIR PEGASUS 0 175577 - - 78.5 -

Note: VISTARA OPERATED FOR ONLY THREE MONTHS i.e. JANUARY-MARCH DURING THE YEAR 2014-15. AIR PEGASUS STARTED ITS OPERATIONS IN JULY 2015 AND TRUJET IN MAY 2015.

If we look at Airline-wise Growth in the number of Domestic Passengers, it is found that the high growth of 21.58 % in the total domestic passengers during 2015-16 is mainly due to the high growth in passengers carried by Alliance Air, Jet Airways, IndiGo and Air Asia. Another factor which led to the high growth is the introduction of the new Airlines such as Vistara, Trujet and Air Pegasus.

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68.8 68.963.7

72.077.3 75.1 74.6 73.3

79.082.9

CHART 2: CAPACITY V/S DEMAND IN DOMESTIC MARKET OVER THE PAST DECADE

RPKM (DEMAND) ASKM (CAPACITY) PAX LOAD FACTOR

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In the year 2015-16, both ASK and RPK in the domestic market registered a positive growth compared to the previous year. The Passenger Load Factor in the domestic market, which fell from 74.6% in 2012-13 to 73.3% in 2013-14, went up to 82.9% in 2015-16 after rising to 79.0 % in 2014-15.

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APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR0.0

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19.6

22.8

24.327.0

7.8 8.1 8.710.9

12.3

12.613.2

20.1

20.221.8

26.8

20.8

CHART 3: MONTH-WISE GROWTH IN CAPACITY V/S DEMAND IN DOMESTIC MARKET, 2015-16

YoY Growth in RPK YoY Growth in ASK YoY Growth in PLF

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In the year 2015-16, domestic market experienced expansion in capacity as well as demand which is evident from the Chart 3 as both RPK & ASK witnessed positive growth in all the months as compared to the corresponding months in the previous year. Also, in most of the months YoY growth in RPK exceeded the YoY growth in ASK implying an improvement in the passenger load factor and hence efficiency except for the months of September, December and February.

36.9

18.7

15.0

12.5

8.4

2.9 2.0 1.7 0.8 0.50.20.20.2

CHART 5: DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE(%) IN TERMS OF PASSENGERS CARRIED-2015-16

INDIGO JET AIRWAYS AIR INDIA SPICEJET GO AIR JETLITE AIR ASIA VISTARA

AIR COSTA ALLIANCE AIR TRUEJET AIR PEGASUS AIR INDIA EXPRESS

In the year 2015-16 both in terms of passenger carried and RPK, IndiGo had the maximum market share followed by Jet Airways, Air India and SpiceJet.

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39.9

17.0

15.1

11.5

8.4

2.6 2.3 1.80.70.30.10.10.1

CHART 4: MARKET SHARE(%) IN TERMS OF DOMESTIC MARKET DEMAND (RPK)-2015-16

INDIGO JET AIRWAYS AIR INDIA SPICEJET GO AIR JETLITE AIR ASIA VISTARA

AIR COSTA ALLIANCE AIR TRUEJET AIR PEGASUS AIR INDIA EXPRESS

SPICEJETINDIGO

JET AIRWAYS

AIR INDIA EXPRESS

AIR INDIAGO AIR

AIR COSTAAIR ASIA

TRUE JETJETLITE

AIR PEGASUSVISTARA

ALLIANCE AIR0.0

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20.0

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100.092.0

84.1 80.6 80.1 79.283.7 80.7 80.2 80.1 79.3 78.5

69.4 66.5

85.482.8 83.7 82.4

73.9

CHART 6: PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PLF) OF SCHEDULED INDIAN CARRIERS, 2015-16

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In terms of Passenger Load Factor (PLF), a measure of capacity utilisation of airlines, for scheduled domestic operations, SpiceJet registered the highest PLF of 92.0 % followed by IndiGo (84.1%), Go Air (83.7%). SpiceJet also topped the position in terms of scheduled international operations with a PLF of 85.4% followed by Jet Airways (83.7%) and IndiGo (82.8%).

INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER MARKET SHARE

TABLE 3: MARKET SHARE (%) OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS CARRIED BY SCHEDULED INDIAN CARRIERS AND FOREIGN CARRIERS.

YEAR FOREIGN CARRIERS INDIAN CARRIERS

2004-05 71.1 28.9

2009-10 65.5 34.5

2010-11 63.8 36.2

2011-12 64.1 35.9

2012-13 66.2 33.8

2013-14 61.7 38.3

2014-15 63.0 37.0

2015-16 63.4 36.6

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TABLE 4: MARKET SHARE (%) OF TOP 15 SCHEDULED OPERATORS – INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, 2015-16.

NAME OF THE AIRLINE SHARE (%)

JET AIRWAYS 14.2

AIR INDIA 11.4

EMIRATES AIRLINE 10.8

AIR INDIA EXPRESS 5.3

ETIHAD AIRLINES 4.7

QATAR AIRWAYS 4.0

AIR ARABIA 3.6

INDIGO 3.3

OMAN AIR 3.0

SAUDIA 2.9

THAI AIRWAYS 2.7

SRILNKAN AIRWAYS 2.6

SPICEJET 2.5

SINGAPORE AIRLINES 2.4

LUFTHANSA 2.3

Out of total 86 scheduled international Operators, 6 operators accounted for 50% of International Passenger traffic. Jet Airways had the maximum market share (14.2%) followed by Air India (11.4%), Emirates Airline (10.8%), Air India Express (5.3%), Etihad Airways (4.7%) and Qatar Airways (4.0%).

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56.2

24.5

12.8

4.22.3

CHART 8: D I S TR IBUTI ON OF I NDI A'S OUTBOUND I NTERNATI ONAL PAS S ENGER TRAFFI C, 2015-16

AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE CHINA & NORTH ASIA THE AMERICAS

More than half of the passenger traffic to and from India is accounted for by the countries in the Africa & Middle East.

FREIGHT TRAFFIC

Air cargo carried by scheduled airline operators, both domestic and international witnessed a positive growth in 2015-16.TABLE 5: FREIGHT TRAFFIC AT A GLANCE

FREIGHT TRAFFIC 2015-16 2014-15

DOMESTIC6.24 Lakh MT

(5.41)5.91 Lakh MT

(16.54)

INTERNATIONAL14.04 Lakh MT

(2.63)13.68 Lakh MT

(8.57)

Figures in parenthesis refer to percentage change over previous year; MT: Metric Tonne.

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56.0

24.9

12.7

4.22.2

CHART 7: DI STRI BUTION OF IND IA'S INBOUND INTE RNATIONAL PAS S ENE GER TRAFFI C, 2015-16

AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE CHINA & NORTH ASIA THE AMERICAS

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-160

200

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800

1000

1200

1400

1600

9271025 1072

11391292

1219 1238 12621368 1404

322 368 342 394465 453 452 508

591 624

CHART 9: FREIGHT TRAFFIC CARRIED BY SCHEDULED CARRIERS OVER THE PAST DECADE

INTERNATIONAL DOMESTIC

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The domestic cargo traffic registered a growth of 7.6% (CAGR) over the period from 2006-07 to 2015-16 while International cargo traffic grew at 4.7% (CAGR) during the same period.

2005-06 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-160.0

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40.0

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100.0

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86.0 83.3 82.1 79.7 78.8 76.9 80.0 79.9

14.0 16.7 17.9 20.3 21.2 23.1 20.0 20.1

CHART 10: PROPORTION OF DOMESTIC CARGO CARRIED AS BELLY CARGO AND IN DEDICATED FREIGHTERS

BELLY CARGO DEDICATED CARGO

Dedicated cargo refers to the cargo carried by aircrafts solely meant for freight carriage.

The proportion of the total domestic cargo carried as belly cargo has generally been declining over the years since 2005-06 with the exception of 2014-15.

TABLE 6: PROPORTION OF INTERNATIONAL CARGO CARRIED BY INDIAN AND FOREIGN CARRIERS

YEAR INDIAN CARRIERS (%) FOREIGN CARRIERS (%)

2004-05 13.6 86.4

2009-10 16.1 83.9

2010-11 20.3 79.7

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2011-12 21.1 78.9

2012-13 17.7 82.3

2013-14 18.3 81.7

2014-15 17.8 82.2

2015-16 16.9 83.1

52.0

23.5

15.5 8.01.0

CHART 12: DIS TRIBUTION OF I NDIA'S OUTBOUND I NTERNATIONAL FREIGHT TRAFFI C, 2015-16

AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC CHINA & NORTH ASIA THE AMERICAS

Freight traffic is coming to India in almost equal proportion from around the World except the freight traffic from the Americas while from India, more than half of the freight traffic is carried to the countries in the Africa & Middle East.

AIRCRAFT

TABLE 7: AIRCRAFT STATISTICS AT A GLANCE

SCHEDULED AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS( IN LAKHS) 2015-16 2014-15

DOMESTIC 7.00 (13.45) 6.17

8

27.0

26.3

22.6

22.6 1.5

CHART 11: D I S TRI BUTI ON OF I NDI A'S INB OUND I NTERNATI ONAL FREI GHT TRAFFIC, 2015-16

EUROPE AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST ASIA PACIFIC CHINA & NORTH ASIA THE AMERICAS

INTERNATIONAL 3.22 (10.65) 2.91

Figures in parenthesis refer to percentage change over previous year.

As in the case of passenger and freight traffic, aircraft movements (both domestic and international) also have registered a positive growth in the year 2015-16 over 2014-15.

JET AIRWAYS

AIR INDIA EXPRESSINDIGO

SPICEJETAIR INDIA

GO AIRAIR ASIA

JETLITEVISTARA

AIR COSTATRUEJET

AIR PEGASUS

ALLIANCE AIR0

50

100

150

200

250

149

185 180

158

133

176 180157 148

105

70 6647

212186 180 179

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Chart 13: AVERAGE SEAT CAPACITY* OF SCHEDULED OPERATING INDIAN FLEET (2015-16)

DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL

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*Average Seat Capacity= Total ASK flown/ Total Aircraft Km. Flown.

TABLE 8: FLEET STATISTICS OF SCHEDULED INDIAN OPERATORS AS ON 31st MARCH, 2015.

NAME OF THE OPERATOR TYPE OF AIRCRAFT NUMBER OF AIRCRAFTS SEAT CAPACITY

AIR INDIA

Boeing747-400 5 423777-200LR 3 238777-300ER 12 342B-787 19 256A-319 22 122/144A-320 20 150/168/180A-321 20 182Total (All Types) 101

AIR INDIA EXPRESS Boeing 737-800 17 186

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ALLIANCE AIR

ATR 42-320 4 48CRJ-700 4 70ATR-72-212A 2 70Total (All Types) 10

INDIGO A320-200 94 180

SPICEJET

Boeing 737-800 18 186Boeing 737-900ER 1 212Q-400 15 78Total (All Types) 34

GO AIR A320 Leased 19 180

JETLITE

Boeing 737-700 3 134Boeing 737-800 5 168Boeing 737-900ER 1 202Total (All Types) 9

BLUE DART Boeing 757-200 5 Freighter

JET AIRWAYS

B-737-700 3 134B-737-800 59 168B-737-900 5 184ATR72-500/600 18 68A330-200/300 12 293B-777-300ER 10 346Total (All Types) 107

AIR COSTA

Embraer and ERJ 170 -100 LR (VT-LSR) 1 67

Embraer and ERJ 170 -100 LR (VT-LNR) 1 67

Embraer and ERJ 190 -100 STD (VT-LBR) 1 112

Embraer and ERJ 190 -100 STD (VT-LVR) 1 112

Total (All Types) 4VISTARA Airbus A320 6 148AIR ASIA Airbus A320 3 180

Total All Airlines (All Types) 409

STAGE LENGTH

TABLE 9: AVERAGE STAGE LENGTH* FLOWN (IN KILOMETRES) BY SCHEDULED INDIAN FLEET, 2015-16.

NAME OF THE AIRLINE DOMESTIC OPERATION INTERNATIONAL OPERATION

AIR INDIA 1117.4 6200.2

INDIGO 947.5 2219.8

AIR INDIA EXPRESS 919.4 2374.6

JET AIRWAYS 748.7 2946.9

SPICEJET 739.6 1714.0

AIR ASIA 1093.2 No Operation

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VISTARA 1022.6

GO AIR 949.9

JETLITE 790.1

AIR COSTA 751.6

ALLIANCE AIR 677.8

TRUJET 437.6

AIR PEGASUS 416.2*Average Stage Length is calculated by dividing the total aircraft km flown by the total number of aircraft departure.

TABLE 10: SUMMARY OF AIR OBJECTS REGISTERED WITH DGCA AS ON 8th April, 2016.

OPERATOR TYPE

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SCHEDULED 468 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 468

NON-SCHEDULED 186 213 7 0 0 0 0 0 406

GOVERNMENT 125 37 0 5 41 0 0 1 209

PRIVATE 164 52 14 15 6 0 6 0 257

TRAINING 285 1 0 1 16 1 6 1 311

MISCELLANEOUS 6 0 0 3 0 0 28 4 41

GRAND TOTAL 1234 303 21 24 63 1 40 6 1692

Source: Directorate of Air Worthiness, DGCA.

NON-SCHEDULED OPERATORS (NSOP)

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2004-052006-07

2008-092010-11

2012-132014-15

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50

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350

400

450

156183

229272

327370

409 412366 361

393 406

44 56 6699

122 127 134 147125 120 126 123

CHART 14: NON-SCHEDULED OPERATORS

Number of aircrafts (including helicopters) Number of Operators

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Source: Directorate of Air Transport- I and Directorate of Air Worthiness.

Relience CommercialA R Airways

BG ShirkePinnacle

SarayaAir Charter Services

HimalayaputraOrbit

VRLSpan

Joy JetsAirmid

GMRTrans Bharat

Karnavati

0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.012.6

5.75.4

3.83.7

3.12.92.8

2.62.52.5

2.22.22.22.2

CHART 15: TOP 15* NSOP-DOMESTIC (AIRCRAFT) OPERATIONS (% SHARE)- 2015-16

* In terms of number of flights op-erated.

Out of the total 72 NSOP domestic (aircraft) operators, top 15 operators accounted for more than half of .the total number of domestic flights operated in the year 2015-16.

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Reliance Commercial (P) Ltd.

A R Airways (P) Ltd.

Zest Aviaition (P) Ltd.

Airmid Aviaition Services

Universal Airways (P) Ltd.

Taj Air Ltd.

Coromandal Travels Ltd.

Ashley Aviation Ltd.

0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 16.014.8

9.69.0

6.56.1

5.64.6

4.34.3

4.02.92.82.8

2.52.3

CHART 16: TOP 15* NSOP-INTERNATIONAL (AIRCRAFT) OPERATIONS (% SHARE)- 2015-16

* In terms of number of flights op-erated

Out of the total 32 non-scheduled international (aircraft) operators, top 15 operators accounted for more than 80% of the total number of international flights operated in the year 2015-16.

Global Vectra

Pawan Hans

Himalyan helicharters

0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0

36.7

31.1

19.2

CHART 17: TOP 3* NON-SCHEDULED HELICOPTER OPERATORS (% SHARE)- 2015-16

* In terms of number flight operated

Out of the total 54 non-scheduled Helicopter operators, top 3 operators accounted for 87% of the total number of flights operated in the year 2015-16.

OPERATING ECONOMICS13

AIR INDIA

AIR INDIA EXPRESSALLIANCE AIR

INDIGOJET AIRWAYS

JETLITESPICEJET

GO AIR0.0

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70.8

90.6 94.4 95.3

74.174.181.4

68.379.8 82.4 80.1 81.4 79.1

CHART 18: COMPARISON OF PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PLF) AND BREAK-EVEN LOAD FACTOR (BELF), 2014-15

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A higher PLF implies that an airline is successful in selling available seats. However, higher PLF may not result in higher operating profit. When PLF is less than break-even load factor, the airline in question is running losses. Evidently, in the year 2014-15, only Air India Express, IndiGo and Go Air were operating at a PLF higher than break-even load factor (BELF).

38.5

13.511.0

7.6

6.2

0.35.1

9.23.4 5.0

CHART 19: COST STRUCTURE(in %)OF AVIATION INDUSTRY IN INDIA, 2014-15

Fuel

General and Administrative

Rentals of Flight Equipment

User charges

Ticketing sales and Pro-motion

Other Expenses

Depreciation and amorti-zation

MRO

Pax Services

Flight Crew salary & Expenses

While decomposing the airline industry cost structure, it can be seen that Fuel cost accounts for (38.5%) of the Operating Cost of Indian aviation industry followed by General and Administrative costs (13.5%), Rental of Flight Equipment (11%) and User Charges (including landing and associated airport charges and Air Navigation charges) (7.6%).

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ALLIANCE AIRAIR COSTA

JETLITEAIR ASIA

JET AIRWAYSAIR INDIA

SPICEJETGO AIR

INDIGO

AIR INDIA EXPRESS0.0

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2500.010.5

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3.7 3.43.4 3.4

Chart-20: OPERATING COST PER ASK, 2014-15

UNADJUSTED OPERATING COST PER ASK ADJUSTED OPERATING COST PER ASKAVERAGE STAGE LENGTH

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The cost comparison was undertaken before and after adjusting Operating Cost to Average Stage Length. Because of high fixed cost of airlines unit cost decrease as distance increases. Hence a stage length adjustment is necessary for fairer comparison. In the year 2014-15, in terms of cost efficiency of airlines, Air India Express had the least operating cost (adjusted for stage length) per ASK, followed by IndiGo and Go Air.

ALLIANCE AIRJETLITE

AIR COSTA

JET AIRWAYSINDIGO

AIR INDIAGO AIR

SPICEJETAIR ASIA

AIR INDIA EXPRESS0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

11.5

5.6 5.85.2 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.2 3.7 3.4

CHART-21: COMPARISON OF PASSENGER YIELD OF SCHEDULED INDIAN CARRIERS, 2014-15

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Passenger yield is a measure of average fare paid per passenger km flown, calculated by dividing Passenger Revenue by Revenue Passenger Kilometers. In the year 2014-15, Air India Express had the lowest passenger yield followed by Air Asia and SpiceJet.

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TABLE 11: FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF ALL SCHEDULED INDIAN CARRIERS- 2014-15

(RS. IN MILLION)

OPERATING REVENUE OPERATING EXPENSES OPERATING RESULT

SCHEDULED NATIONAL CARRIERS

AIR INDIA 2,06,131.60 2,26,854.40 -20,722.80

AI EXPRESS 22,948.20 19,597.60 3,350.60

ALLIANCE AIR 2,279.50 3,034.00 -754.50

SUB TOTAL (A) 2,31,359.30 2,49,486.00 -18,126.70

SCHEDULED DOMESTIC PRIVATE CARRIERS

JET AIRWAYS 1,95,606.05 2,15,030.10 -19,424.04

JET LITE (P) LTD. 14,229.36 16,775.22 -2,545.86

GO AIR 30,664.24 28,715.82 1,948.43

SPICE JET 52,015.25 60,884.99 -8,869.74

INDIGO 1,39,253.36 1,23,578.64 15,674.72

AIR COSTA 3,268.62 4,571.57 -1,302.96

AIR ASIA 1,551.87 2,885.01 -1,333.14

VISTARA 691.28 2,681.94 -1,990.66

SUB TOTAL (B) 4,37,280.03 4,55,123.29 -17,843.26

GRAND TOTAL (A+B) 6,68,639.33 7,04,609.29 -35,969.96

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HUMAN RESOURCE

TABLE 12: PERSONNEL STATISTICS OF SCHEDULED INDIAN OPERATORS FOR THE YEAR 2014-15.NAME OF

THE AIRLINEPilots & Co-

PilotsOther

Flight CrewCabin Crew Maintenance

& Overhaul Personal Overhaul

Ticketing & Sales

Personnel

All Other Personnel

Total

AIR INDIA 1457 - 2321 5931 4221 7383 21313

AIR INDIA EXPRESS 236 - 729 133 145 1243

ALLIANCE AIR 59 37 402 40 167 705

JET AIRWAYS 1488 318 2974 2116 967 5615 13478

JETLITE 164 1 243 322 79 809

INDIGO 1320 140 2520 739 69 5748 10536

SPICEJET 403 60 718 569 116 2326 4192

GO AIR 216 71 418 339 397 739 2180

AIR COSTA 47 27 76 105 159 332 746

AIR ASIA 63 138 138 169 178 686

VISTARA 62 5 205 17 35 348 672

TOTAL 5515 797 10744 10480 5964 23060 56560

Out of the total airline staff of 56560, 37.7% is employed by Air India Ltd followed by Jet Airways (23.8%), IndiGo (18.6%) and SpiceJet (7.4%).

MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL0

100200300400500600700800900

720

108

828

474

64

538

395

66

461384

47

431

CHART-22: PILOT LICENCES ISSUED BY DGCA

CPL ATPL

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-Num

ber

of L

icen

ses

issu

ed--

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2014-15 2015-16

Source: Directorate of Training & Licensing, DGCA. CPL- Commercial Pilot License; ATPL-Air Transport Pilot License.

ASK PER EMPLOYEE

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Available Seat Kilometer (ASK) per Employee is an indicator of efficiency both in terms of capacity planning and utilization of work force and is calculated by dividing Average Seat Kilometers by Number of Employees. In terms of the ASK per employee, Jetlite is the most efficient followed by Go Air and SpiceJet.

JETLITE GO AIRSPICEJET

INDIGOJET AIRWAYS

NATIONAL AIRLINES*AIR COSTA

AIR ASIA0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.43.1

2.4

1.0 1.0

CHART-23: ASK PER EMPLOYEE, (2014-15)

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SK P

er E

mpl

oyee

(In

Mill

ion)

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* National Airlines Includes Air India, Air India Express & Alliance Air.

REVENUE PER EMPLOYEE

Revenue per employee is an indicator of productivity of human resource of an airline and is calculated by dividing Operating Revenue by Number of Employees. Employee productivity was highest for JetLite followed by Jet Airways and Go Air.

JETLITEJET AIRWAYS

GO AIR INDIGOSPICEJET

NATIONAL AIRLINES*AIR COSTA

AIR ASIA0.02.04.06.08.0

10.012.014.016.018.020.0

17.6

14.5 14.113.2 12.4

10.2

4.42.8

CHART 24: REVENUE PER EMPLOYEE, 2014-15

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even

ue P

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(Rs.

In M

illio

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* National Airlines Includes Air India, Air India Express & Alliance Air.

TABLE 13: DGCA APPROVED AME TRAINING INSTITUTES (AS ON 08th APRIL, 2016)

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REGION STATE NUMBER OF AME INSTITUTES

NORTH

Delhi 3

Haryana 2

Uttar Pradesh 4

Rajasthan 1

Himachal Pradesh 1

Uttarakhand 1

EAST

West Bengal 1

Assam 1

Bihar 1

Odisha 1

WEST

Maharashtra 9

Gujarat 1

Madhya Pradesh 2

Chhattisgarh 1

SOUTH

Tamil Nadu 6

Kerala 5

Karnataka 3

Telangana 3

TOTAL 46

Source: Directorate of Air Worthiness, DGCA.

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TABLE 14: DGCA APPROVED FLYING TRAINING ORGANISATIONS (AS ON 10th AUGUST, 2016).

STATE OWNERSHIP NUMBER OF FLYING ORGANIZATION

TELANGANAPrivate/Public Ltd. 3

State Govt. 1

GUJARAT Private/Public Ltd. 2

HARYANA State Govt. 1

KARNATAKAState Govt. 1

Private 1

MADHYA PRADESH Private/ Trust/ Public Ltd. 4

MAHARASHTRASociety 1

Private 3

BIHAR State Govt. 1

ODISHA State Govt. 1

PUNJAB State Govt. 1

RAJASTHAN Private 1

TAMIL NADU Private 1

UTTAR PRADESHPrivate/Trust 5

Central Govt. 1

UTTRAKHAND Private 1

TOTAL 29

Source: Directorate of Flying Training, DGCA.

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AIR SAFETY

TABLE 15: YEAR-WISE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.

YEAR

TYPE OF OPERATOR

SCHEDULED OPERATORS

NON-SCHEDULED OPERATORS

FLYING TRAINING INSTITUTE

GOVT. OPERATORS

PRIVATE OPERATORS

FOREIGN OPERATORS

TOTAL ACCIDENTS

2011 0 6 2 2 0 1 11

2012 0 3 2 2 2 0 9

2013 0 5 2 1 0 0 8

2014 1 2 2 1 0 0 6

2015 4 5 1 0 0 0 10

2016* 2 1 0 1 0 0 4

*As in May 2016Source: Directorate of Air Safety, DGCA.

TABLE 16: YEAR-WISE NUMBER OF SERIOUS INCIDENTS.

OTHER AVIATION RELATED STATISTICS

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YearTYPE OF INCIDENT

ENGINEERING OPERATIONAL RUNWAY EXCURSION WEATHER MISCELLANEOU

STOTAL

INCIDENTS

2011 1 1 1 1 1 5

2012 3 4 0 0 0 7

2013 2 3 1 0 0 6

2014 6 1 1 1 2 11

2015 1 3 0 0 1 5

2016* 0 2 0 0 0 2

*As in May 2016Source: Directorate of Air Safety, DGCA.

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20150.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

3.9 4.5 5.1 5.3 5.2 5.8 6.3 6.6 7.0 7.7 8.0

9.711.3

13.1 14.1 15.717.4

18.9 19.8 21.222.4 23.8

CHART-25: FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVAL & INTERNATIONAL INBOUND PAX TRAFFIC---

No.

of P

asse

nger

s (In

Mill

ion)

----

Source: Ministry of Tourism.

An important aspect of international traffic to and from India pertains to trend in foreign tourist arrivals in India. In 2015, Foreign Tourist Arrivals accounted for 33.6% of inbound international traffic in India.

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-160

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

3983

4543 4423 46275078

55365271

55055723

6220

CHART 26: ATF CONSUMPTION OVER THE DECADE

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ATF

Con

sum

ption

(Tho

usan

d m

etri

c to

nne)

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Source: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

The Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) consumption growth in India has been moving in tandem with the growth of air traffic. In the year 2015-16, ATF consumption went up by 8.7% which is consistent with increase in aircraft and air traffic movement.

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April MayJune July

August

SeptemberOctober

November

DecemberJanuary

FebraryMarch

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

Chart 27: YoY GROWTH OF ATF CONSUMPTION, 2015-16

2014-15 2015-16YoY GROWTH OF ATF CONSUMPTION

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Source: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

TABLE 17: AIRPORTS IN INDIA (AS ON 31st March, 2016).

TOTAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS 24AAI Airports 18

Civil Enclave 3

Private Airports (JVs) 3

TOTAL CUSTOMS AIRPORTS 8AAI Airports 4

Civil Enclave 4

TOTAL DOMESTIC AIRPORTS 101AAI Operational Airports 47

AAI Operational Civil Enclave 18

AAI Non-Operational 31

STATE/ PRIVATE GOVERNMENT 5

TOTAL AIRPORTS (ALL TYPES) 133 Source: Airport Authority of India.

GLIDER TRAINING CENTRES IN INDIA*

1. Gliding Centre, Pune, Maharashtra: - It is attached with DGCA and its gliders belong to Government of India.2. Deolali Gliding Club, Nasik, Maharashtra:- It is registered under Society Act, 1816 by Charitable Commissioner F68

and the gliders of this club belong to Government of India.

*Source: Directorate of Air Worthiness, DGCA

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OFFICERS AND STAFF OF DIRECTORATE OF AIR TRANSPORT-II, DGCA ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLICATION

Notes:

1. Sources of data: Directorate of Air Transport- II, unless otherwise specified.2. Data published in the handbook is provisional.

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DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL (SAG)

Sh. P C Cyriac

DIRECTOR

Smt. Ruchika Gupta

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Sh. P K Srivastava

Sh. Narendra Singh

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Sh. Devendra Kumar

Sh. B P Majhi

STATISTICAL OFFICER

Sh. Mani Bhushan

Smt. Shweta Sharma

Sh. Ravi Kant Soni

Sh. Sandeep Verma