Chart 1: YEAR ON YEAR GROWTH IN INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER

TRAFFIC

18.0 16.316.5
--PASSENGERS (IN MILLION)--

16.0
14.0
12.0
10.0
8.0
5.4 5.4 5.9 5.8
6.0 5.1 5.3
4.0
2.0
0.0
Q4 OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

2018 2019

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC STATISTICS

OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 2019*
There are 81 scheduled international carriers- 7 Indian carriers and 74 foreign carriers. Currently
India has air connectivity with 52 countries through 340 routes.

The scheduled international passenger traffic for the fourth quarter (October-December) of the year
2019 stands at 16.5 million while the international passenger traffic for the corresponding period in
the year 2018 stood at 16.3 million thereby witnessing a growth of 1.2 per cent.

It has been observed that in the Year 2019 except April, May, August, November and December
there is positive growth in all the month in terms of the total number of international passengers

*Provisional
carried as compared to the corresponding months in year 2018 (Chart 1 & 2 ).

Chart 2: COMPARISION OF MONTHWISE TREND IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC FOR

THE YEARS 2018 & 2019

6.5
5.9 5.8
6.0
--PASSENGERS (IN MILLION)--

5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4

5.5 5.3 5.3 5.9
5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2
5.6 5.0
5.0 5.3 5.3 5.4
5.2 5.1 5.2 5.1
4.5 4.9 4.9

4.0

3.5

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2018 2019

MARKET SHARE
As can be seen from chart 3, the share of
Chart 3: MARKET SHARE (%) OF INDIAN & FOREIGN
CARRIERS IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER Indian and foreign carriers in the total
TRAFFIC international passenger traffic during the
fourth quarter (October-December) of the
year 2019 stands at 39.2 per cent and 60.8
per cent respectively. In the same Quarter
39% (Q4) of the year 2018, the share of Indian and
foreign carriers were 40.6 and 59.4 percent
61% respectively.

During the fourth quarter of the year 2019,

top ten international carriers accounted for
almost 62 per cent of the international
INDIAN CARRIERS FOREIGN CARRIERS passenger traffic. IndiGo carried the
maximum number of international
passengers followed by AirIndia and
Emirates Airlines. All Indian Carriers except Go Air, VISTARA and Alliance Airlines operating on

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 international routes, find place in the top 10 list (Chart 4). Except Sri Lankan Airlines and Singapore
Airlines, all the foreign carriers in the top 10 list originate from Gulf countries.

C hart 4 : M ARKET SHA RE ( % ) OF TOP TEN CA RRIERS IN TERMS OF IN TERN ATION AL

P ASSEN G ER TRA F F IC
14.0%
---SHARE OF PASSENGERS (%)---

12.8%
12.0% 11.5%

10.0% 9.1%
8.0% 7.3%

6.0% 5.0%
3.9%
4.0% 3.1% 3.1% 3.0% 2.8%
2.0%
0.0%
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Approximately, half of the total India’s inbound passengers 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 (Chart 6).

CHART 5: INDIA'S INBOUND INTERNATIONAL Chart 6: INDIA'S OUTBOUND INTERNATIONAL

PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC

AFRICA & AFRICA &

4%3% MIDDLE EAST 6% 3% MIDDLE EAST
10% 9%
ASIA PACIFIC ASIA PACIFIC

EUROPE 53%
53% EUROPE
29% CHINA & 30%
NORTH ASIA CHINA &
NORTH ASIA
THE
AMERICAS THE AMERICAS

If we look at the specific countries within the regions shown in the chart (7), it is found that
maximum passengers are carried to and from United Arab Emirates (30.2 percent) followed by
Singapore (7.7) Thailand (7.6 percent) and Saudi Arabia (5.5 per cent). Among European Countries,
United Kingdom is the most travelled destination as about 3.1 percent international passengers
travelled to and from UK during Q4, 2019.
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 Chart 8: TOP FIVE INDIAN CITIES IN TERMS OF
INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC

30.0% 28.5%

25.0%
---SHARE OF PASSENGERS (%)---

20.0% 17.8%

15.0%

10.0% 8.9%
7.3% 6.5%
5.0%

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

35.0%
30.2%
30.0%
---SHARE OF PASSENGERS (%)---

25.0%

20.0%

15.0%

10.0% 7.7% 7.6%

5.5% 5.5% 4.9% 4.4% 4.2%
5.0% 3.2% 3.1%
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Out of the 29 Indian cities from where international passengers Embark/ Disembark, 5 Indian cities
accounted for most (approximately 69 per cent) of the international passenger traffic (Chart 8).
Delhi tops the position in this category with a share of 28.5 per cent followed by Mumbai (17.8 per
cent share) and Chennai (8.9 per cent share).
Domestic and foreign carriers connect India to 52 countries through 340 Routes. Out of these
routes top 10 Routes accounted for approximately 20 per cent of the total international passenger
traffic during the fourth quarter of the year 2019.
Maximum international passengers were carried on the Dubai-Mumbai sector followed by Dubai-
Delhi.

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 As regard to freight, share of Indian and Foreign
Chart 9: MARKET SHARE(%) OF INDIAN & FOREIGN
CARRIERS IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT Carrier is 14 percent and 86 percent respectively
TRAFFIC (Chart 9). Out of the total number of scheduled
international carriers, top ten carriers accounted for
almost 67 per cent of the international freight traffic
14%
during the fourth quarter of the year 2019.
Emirates carried the maximum freight with 13.4 per
86% cent market share followed by Qatar airways (11.6
per cent), Cathay pacific (10.6 percent) and Air
India (8.6 Percent) during the fourth quarter of the
year 2019 (Chart 10).
INDIAN CARRIERS FOREIGN CARRIERS
Air India is among top five scheduled freight carriers
with market shares of 8.6 per cent during the fourth
quarter of the year 2019. Other Indian Carriers,
carry approximately 5.5 percent of the total international freight traffic.

C hart 1 0 : MA RKET SHARE ( % ) OF TOP TEN C ARRIERS IN TERMS OF IN TERN A TION AL

F REIG HT TRA F F IC
16.0%
14.0% 13.4%
11.6%
--SHARE OF FREIGHT (%)--

12.0% 10.6%
10.0% 8.6%
8.0%
6.0% 4.7% 4.6% 4.4%
4.0% 3.3% 3.2% 3.2%
2.0%
0.0%
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SING

As far as India’s inbound freight traffic is concerned, Africa & Middle East tops the position with a
share of 28.4 per cent followed by Asia Pacific (24 per cent share) and Europe (23.9 per cent share)
during the fourth quarter of the year 2019 (Chart 11).

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 CHART 11: DIRECTION OF INDIA'S INBOUND CHART 12: DIRECTION OF INDIA'S OUTBOUND
INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC

AFRICA & AFRICA &

2% MIDDLE EAST 10% 2% MIDDLE EAST
22% 28%
ASIA PACIFIC 16% EUROPE
51%
EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC

24% 20%
24% CHINA & NORTH CHINA & NORTH
ASIA ASIA

THE AMERICAS THE AMERICAS

If
we look at India’s outbound freight traffic, Africa & Middle East tops the position with a share of
51.2 per cent followed by Europe (20.2 per cent share) and Asia Pacific (16.3 per cent share) in the
fourth quarter of the year 2019 (Chart 12).