Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic market, showing its historical development over the past 30 years, the key operators during this period.
In the second of three special The HUB Daily publications for Routes Asia we highlight the Indian domestic market which like China has witnessed strong growth during the period with the number of annual flights growing from 84,803 to 605,861 last year and seat capacity showing amazing development from 10.48 million in 1982 to 89.20 million in 2011.
SCHEDULED AIR SERVICES IN INDIA (non-stop departures) |
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Year |
Departures |
% Change |
Available Seats |
% Change |
Leading Operating Airlines (Marketshare) |
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1982 |
84,803 |
- |
10,485,266 |
- |
INDIAN AIRLINES (91.6 %) |
AIR INDIA (8.4%) |
- |
1983 |
93,219 |
9.9 % |
11,676,534 |
11.4 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (91.4 %) |
AIR INDIA (8.6%) |
- |
1984 |
101,130 |
8.5 % |
12,647,893 |
8.3 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (91.4 %) |
AIR INDIA (7.9%) |
VAYADOOT (0.6 %) |
1985 |
120,980 |
19.6 % |
14,388,023 |
13.8 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (90.3 %) |
AIR INDIA (7.0%) |
VAYADOOT (2.7 %) |
1986 |
123,925 |
2.4 % |
14,597,066 |
1.5 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (89.8 %) |
AIR INDIA (7.0%) |
VAYADOOT (3.2 %) |
1987 |
148,700 |
20.0 % |
16,630,560 |
13.9 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (87.0 %) |
AIR INDIA (6.9%) |
VAYADOOT (6.0 %) |
1988 |
157,259 |
5.8 % |
16,950,665 |
1.9 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (84.3 %) |
AIR INDIA (8.1%) |
VAYADOOT (7.7 %) |
1989 |
146,490 |
(-6.8) % |
16,551,193 |
(-2.4) % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (85.0 %) |
AIR INDIA (7.7%) |
VAYADOOT (7.3 %) |
1990 |
132,204 |
(-9.8) % |
15,025,115 |
(-9.2) % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (83.5 %) |
AIR INDIA (8.5%) |
VAYADOOT (8.0 %) |
1991 |
122,450 |
(-7.4) % |
13,731,750 |
(-8.6) % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (80.5 %) |
AIR INDIA (10.8%) |
VAYADOOT (8.7 %) |
1992 |
135,471 |
10.6 % |
15,574,928 |
13.4 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (81.7 %) |
AIR INDIA (8.9%) |
VAYADOOT (7.7 %) |
1993 |
143,389 |
5.8 % |
16,416,685 |
5.4 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (67.2 %) |
EAST WEST AIRLINES (12.1%) |
AIR INDIA (8.8 %) |
1994 |
147,497 |
2.9 % |
18,452,314 |
12.4 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (58.7 %) |
EAST WEST AIRLINES (9.8%) |
AIR INDIA (9.1 %) |
1995 |
150,280 |
1.9 % |
19,800,112 |
7.3 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (52.6 %) |
AIR INDIA (10.2%) |
JET AIRWAYS (9.2 %) |
1996 |
164,304 |
9.3 % |
21,679,797 |
9.5 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (46.5 %) |
JET AIRWAYS (13.3%) |
AIR INDIA (9.1 %) |
1997 |
159,818 |
(-2.7) % |
21,135,313 |
(-2.5) % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (41.4 %) |
JET AIRWAYS (19.4%) |
ALLIANCE AIR (16.1 %) |
1998 |
164,985 |
3.2 % |
21,895,156 |
3.6 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (37.6%) |
JET AIRWAYS (28.3 %) |
ALLIANCE AIR (17.0 %) |
1999 |
174,953 |
6.0 % |
23,368,356 |
6.7 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (36.1%) |
JET AIRWAYS (33.5 %) |
ALLIANCE AIR (16.0 %) |
2000 |
184,263 |
5.3 % |
25,574,861 |
9.4 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (34.8%) |
JET AIRWAYS (34.4 %) |
ALLIANCE AIR (14.7 %) |
2001 |
192,435 |
4.4 % |
27,019,928 |
5.7 % |
JET AIRWAYS (37.7%) |
INDIAN AIRLINES (31.9 %) |
ALLIANCE AIR (12.7 %) |
2002 |
211,365 |
9.8 % |
29,228,498 |
8.2 % |
JET AIRWAYS (39.3%) |
INDIAN AIRLINES (33.6 %) |
AIR SAHARA (8.6 %) |
2003 |
230,252 |
8.9 % |
30,730,001 |
5.1 % |
JET AIRWAYS (39.5%) |
INDIAN AIRLINES (33.5 %) |
AIR SAHARA (10.9 %) |
2004 |
257,011 |
11.6 % |
33,152,838 |
7.9 % |
JET AIRWAYS (38.1%) |
INDIAN AIRLINES (32.0 %) |
AIR SAHARA (12.0 %) |
2005 |
283,591 |
10.3 % |
35,903,659 |
8.3 % |
JET AIRWAYS (37.1%) |
INDIAN AIRLINES (33.3 %) |
AIR SAHARA (11.6 %) |
2006 |
408,885 |
44.2 % |
49,323,395 |
37.4 % |
JET AIRWAYS (29.5%) |
INDIAN AIRLINES (25.4 %) |
AIR DECCAN (11.5 %) |
2007 |
513,238 |
25.5 % |
67,184,981 |
36.2 % |
JET AIRWAYS (22.0%) |
INDIAN AIRLINES (19.8 %) |
AIR DECCAN (15.0 %) |
2008 |
563,716 |
9.8 % |
72,613,439 |
8.1 % |
JET AIRWAYS (19.6%) |
INDIAN AIRLINES (16.5 %) |
KINGFISHER AIRLINES (14.3 %) |
2009 |
520,454 |
(-7.7) % |
67,517,288 |
(-7.0) % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (17.4%) |
JET AIRWAYS (13.2 %) |
INDIGO (13.2 %) |
2010 |
538,038 |
3.4 % |
72,286,974 |
7.1 % |
INDIAN AIRLINES (17.1%) |
INDIGO (16.1 %) |
SPICEJET (13.2 %) |
2011 |
605,861 |
12.6 % |
84,869,313 |
17.4 % |
INDIGO (19.2%) |
AIR INDIA (15.5 %) |
SPICEJET (15.4 %) |
2012 |
632,057 |
4.3 % |
89,200,201 |
5.1 % |
INDIGO (23.0%) |
JET AIRWAYS (21.5 %) |
AIR INDIA (19.0 %) |