Ajit Singh, the Minister of Civil Aviation informed Lok Sabha today in a written reply that the air traffic has witnessed a growth of 16.5 per cent in India during 2004-05 to 2010-11 with domestic traffic clocking a cumulative annual growth rate of 18.5 per cent and international traffic at 14 per cent in the said period. Total flights/week on domestic network has been increased from 8724 in year 2006 to 12107 in year 2011. The number of airports operating Scheduled Air Services have increased from 50 in year 2000 to 82 in 2011. Total domestic passengers carried by all Scheduled and Non-Scheduled operators have increased from 362.37 lakhs in 2006-07 to 606.63 lakhs in 2011 (upto January 2011 to December 2011).
This has happened with reduction in airfares over the last seven years and introduction of new routes, which made air travel affordable for the common man.
The Minister further informed that the operations in domestic sector have been deregulated and flights are being operated by concerned airlines on the basis of commercial viability subject to adherence of Route Dispersal Guidelines. Government has laid down Route Dispersal Guidelines with a view to achieving better regulation of air transport services taking into account the need for air transport services of different regions of the country including North-East region.
21/03/12 Press Information Bureau
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