The Hindu Business Line : Domestic air traffic up 12 pc in 2003-04: DGCA

The latest data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) shows that the total number of passengers carried in the domestic sector on scheduled services of all Indian carriers stood at 1.57 crore during 2003-04 up from 1.40 crore reported during 2002-03.

During 2001-02, the number of passengers carried in the domestic sector stood at 1.29 crore.

Among the scheduled airlines operating in the domestic sector include the State-owned Air India and Indian Airlines. Besides, Jet Airways, Air Sahara and Air Deccan operate scheduled flights in the domestic sector.

While the national carriers flew 0.67 crore passengers, the private airlines carried 0.9 crore passengers. In terms of percentage share, the national carriers enjoyed a 42.7 per cent as against 57.3 per cent for the private carrier.

During 2002-03, the national carriers enjoyed a share of 44.6 per cent as against a share of 55.4 per cent by the private airlines in terms of the number of passengers flown.

During 2003-04 not only did the low cost airline, Air Deccan, start operations on the trunk routes but also several airlines added capacity and launched flights to more destinations.

The data shows that at the end of March 31, 2004, the total fleet size of all the scheduled airlines stood at 158 aircraft, up from 138 aircraft during the same period in the previous year.

For the year 2003-04, Indian Airlines reported an operating profit of Rs 125.1 crore, while Air India reported an operating loss of Rs 115.5 crore.

In the private sector, Jet Airways reported an operating profit of Rs 355 crore, according to the DGCA data. Similarly, Sahara Airlines, reported an operating profit of Rs 81.17 crore for 2003-04.

In the international arena, the data also shows that the number of international passengers carried per day by foreign carriers stood at 28,246 while the daily international cargo carried by foreign carriers stood at 1,447 tonnes during 2003-04.

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