*Provisional

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC STATISTICS

January-March, 2017*

There are 95 scheduled international carriers- 5 Indian carriers and 90 foreign carriers.

Currently India has air connectivity with 58 countries through more than 300 routes.

The scheduled international

passenger traffic for the first

quarter (January-March) of

the year 2017 stands at 14.2

million while the

international passenger

traffic for the corresponding

period in the year 2016

stood at 13.2 million

thereby witnessing a growth

of 7.5 per cent.

It has been observed that all

the three months of the first

quarter of the year 2017 witnessed a positive growth in terms of the total number of

international passengers carried as compared to the corresponding months in the first

quarter of the year 2016 (Chart 1 & 2).

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Chart 2: COMPARISION OF MONTHWISE TREND IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC FOR THE YEARS 2016 & 2017

2016 2017

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Chart 1: YEAR ON YEAR GROWTH IN INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC

2016 2017

GROWTHQ1 2017 (YoY): (+) 7.5%Jan, 2017 (YoY): (+)8.5%Feb, 2017 (YoY): (+) 7.1%Mar, 2017 (YoY): (+) 6.8%

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MARKET SHARE

As can be seen from chart 3, the share of Indian and Foreign carriers in the total

international passenger traffic during the first quarter (January-March) of the year 2017

stands at 38 per cent and 62 per cent

respectively. In the same Quarter

(Q1) of the year 2016, the share of

Indian and Foreign carriers was 36

and 64 percent respectively.

Top ten international carriers

accounted for almost 60 per cent of

the international passenger traffic

during the first quarter of the year

2017. Jet airways carried the

maximum number of international

passengers followed by Air India and

Emirates airlines. All the 5 Indian

Carriers viz. Air India, Air India

Express, Indigo, Jet Airways and SpiceJet operating on International Routes, find place in the

top 10 list(Chart 4). It may also be mentioned here that all the foreign carriers in the top 10

list originate from Gulf Countries.

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Chart 4: MARKET SHARE (%) OF TOP TEN CARRIERS IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC

January-March 2017

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Chart 3: MARKET SHARE (%) OF INDIAN & FOREIGN CARRIERS IN TERMS OF

INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC

INDIAN CARRIERS FOREIGN CARRIERS

January-March 2017

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More than half of the total passengers coming to India are accounted for by the countries in

the region- Africa & Middle East (Chart 5). Same pattern is observed for the number of

India’s outbound passengers i.e. more than half of the total outbound passengers are

accounted for by the countries in the region- Africa & Middle East (Chart 6).

If we look at the specific countries within the region, it is found that maximum passengers

are carried to and from United Arab Emirates (33.2 percent) followed by Singapore (6.6

percent) and Saudi Arabia (5.7 percent)(Chart 7). Among European Countries, United

Kingdom is one of the hottest destinations as there is about 5 percent international

passengers travel to and from UK.

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Chart 5: INDIA'S INBOUND INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC

AFRICA &MIDDLE EAST

ASIA PACIFIC

EUROPE

CHINA & NORTHASIA

THE AMERICAS

January-March 2017

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Chart 6: INDIA'S OUTBOUND INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC

AFRICA &MIDDLE EAST

ASIA PACIFIC

EUROPE

CHINA & NORTHASIA

THE AMERICAS

January-March 2017

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CHART 7: MARKET SHARE (%) OF TOP 10 COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC

January-March 2017

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Out of the 24 Indian cities from where international passengers Embark/ Disembark, 5

Indian cities accounted for most

(approximately 70 per cent) of the

international passenger traffic (Chart

8).Delhi tops the position in this

category with a share of 27.6 per cent

followed by Mumbai (21.4 per cent

share) and Chennai (8.3per cent share).

Domestic and foreign carriers connect

India to 58 countries through more

than 300 Routes. Out of these routes

only 10 Routes accounted for

approximately 20 per cent of the total

international passenger traffic during

the first quarter of the year 2017.

Maximum international passengers

were carried on the Dubai-Mumbai sector followed by Dubai-Delhi and Dubai-Kochi.

As regard to freight, share of Indian

and Foreign Carrier is about 21 percent

and 79 percent respectively (Chart 9).

Out of the total number of scheduled

international carriers, top ten carriers

accounted for almost 70 per cent of

the international freight traffic during

the first quarter of the year 2017.

Emirates carried the maximum freight

with 13.7 per cent market share

followed by Qatar airways (10.9 per

cent market share) and Jet airways

(10.6 per cent market share) during

the first quarter of the year 2017 (Chart 10).

Jet airways and Air India are among top five scheduled freight carriers with market shares

of 10.6 per cent and 8.1 per cent respectively during the first quarter of the year 2017.

Other Indian Carriers, carry approximately 2.0 percent of the total international freight

traffic.

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Chart 8: TOP FIVE INDIAN CITIES IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER

TRAFFIC

January-March 2017

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Chart 9: MARKET SHARE(%) OF INDIAN & FOREIGN CARRIERS IN TERMS OF

INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC

INDIAN CARRIERS FOREIGN CARRIERS

January-March, 2017

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As far as India’s inbound freight traffic is concerned, Africa & Middle East tops the position

with a share of 28.7 per cent followed by Europe (27.5 per cent share) and Asia Pacific

(23.7 per cent share) during the first quarter of the year 2017 (Chart 11).

If we look at India’s outbound freight traffic, Africa & Middle East tops the position with a

share of 52.8 per cent followed by Europe (22.7 per cent share) and Asia Pacific (16.6 per

cent share) during the first quarter of the year 2017 (Chart 12).

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Chart 10: MARKET SHARE (%) OF TOP TEN CARRIERS IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC

January-March, 2017

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CHART 11: DIRECTION OF INDIA'S INBOUND INTERNATIONAL

FREIGHT TRAFFIC

AFRICA &MIDDLE EAST

EUROPE

ASIA PACIFIC

CHINA &NORTH ASIA

THE AMERICAS

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CHART 12: DIRECTION OF INDIA'S OUTBOUND INTERNATIONAL

FREIGHT TRAFFIC

AFRICA &MIDDLE EAST

EUROPE

ASIA PACIFIC

CHINA &NORTH ASIA

THE AMERICASJanuary-March 2017 January-March 2017