STATISTICS SPOTLIGHT: India - Capacity Data - Domestic

In a regular destination report for the host country of Routes events, The HUB provides a detailed analysis of network capacity development over the past 30 years and the leading carriers that have contributed to air services in both the domestic and international markets.

Here we look in more detail at the domestic market in India:

SCHEDULED DOMESTIC AIR CAPACITY IN INDIA (non-stop departures)

Year

Available Seats

% Change

Largest Operators

1982

10,485,266

10.6 %

Indian Airlines (91.6%)

Air India (8.4%)

-

1983

11,676,534

11.4 %

Indian Airlines (91.4%)

Air India (8.6%)

-

1984

12,647,893

8.3 %

Indian Airlines (91.4%)

Air India (7.9%)

Vayadoot (0.6%)

1985

14,388,023

13.8 %

Indian Airlines (90.3%)

Air India (7.0%)

Vayadoot (2.7%)

1986

14,597,066

1.5 %

Indian Airlines (89.8%)

Air India (7.0%)

Vayadoot (3.2%)

1987

16,630,560

13.9 %

Indian Airlines (87.0%)

Air India (6.9%)

Vayadoot (6.0%)

1988

16,950,665

1.9 %

Indian Airlines (84.3%)

Air India (8.1%)

Vayadoot (7.7%)

1989

16,551,193

(-2.4) %

Indian Airlines (85.0%)

Air India (7.7%)

Vayadoot (7.3%)

1990

15,025,115

(-9.2) %

Indian Airlines (83.5%)

Air India (8.5%)

Vayadoot (8.0%)

1991

13,731,750

(-8.6) %

Indian Airlines (80.5%)

Air India (10.8%)

Vayadoot (8.7%)

1992

15,574,928

13.4 %

Indian Airlines (81.7%)

Air India (8.9%)

Vayadoot (7.7%)

1993

16,416,685

5.4 %

Indian Airlines (67.2%)

East West Airlines (12.1%)

Air India (8.8%)

1994

18,452,314

12.4 %

Indian Airlines (58.7%)

East West Airlines (9.8%)

Air India (9.1%)

1995

19,795,374

7.3 %

Indian Airlines (52.6%)

Air India (10.1%)

Jet Airways (9.2%)

1996

21,665,859

9.4 %

Indian Airlines (46.5%)

Jet Airways (13.3%)

Air India (9.1%)

1997

21,129,804

(-2.5) %

Indian Airlines (41.4%)

Jet Airways (19.4%)

Alliance Air (16.1%)

1998

21,895,156

3.6 %

Indian Airlines (37.6%)

Jet Airways (28.3%)

Alliance Air (17.0%)

1999

23,368,500

6.7 %

Indian Airlines (36.1%)

Jet Airways (33.5%)

Alliance Air (16.0%)

2000

25,574,985

9.4 %

Indian Airlines (34.8%)

Jet Airways (33.5%)

Alliance Air (16.0%)

2001

27,019,928

5.6 %

Jet Airways (37.7%)

Indian Airlines (31.9%)

Alliance Air (12.7%)

2002

29,228,500

8.2 %

Jet Airways (39.3%)

Indian Airlines (33.6%)

Sahara Airlines (8.6%)

2003

30,730,001

5.1 %

Jet Airways (39.5%)

Indian Airlines (33.5%)

Sahara Airlines (10.9%)

2004

33,152,838

7.9 %

Jet Airways (38.1%)

Indian Airlines (32.0%)

Sahara Airlines (12.0%)

2005

35,903,641

8.3 %

Jet Airways (37.1%)

Indian Airlines (33.3%)

Sahara Airlines (11.6%)

2006

49,323,395

37.4 %

Jet Airways (29.5%)

Indian Airlines (25.4%)

Air Deccan (11.5%)

2007

67,185,125

36.2 %

Jet Airways (22.0%)

Indian Airlines (19.8%)

Air Deccan (15.0%)

2008

72,622,694

8.1 %

Jet Airways (19.6%)

Indian Airlines (16.5%)

Kingfisher Airlines (14.3%)

2009

67,566,497

(-7.0) %

Indian Airlines (17.4%)

Jet Airways (13.2%)

IndiGo (13.2%)

2010

72,366,274

7.1 %

Indian Airlines (17.1%)

IndiGo (16.1%)

SpiceJet (13.2%)

2011

84,964,485

17.4 %

IndiGo (19.2%)

Air India (15.5%)

SpiceJet (15.4%)

2012

85,499,075

0.6 %

IndiGo (24.7%)

Jet Airways (20.7%)

Air India (19.0%)

Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…