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) |
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Year |
Available Seats |
% Change |
Largest Operators |
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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%) |