Question : Performance of Airlines

(a) the airlines that have shown improvement in their performance during the last six months;

(b) whether domestic air passenger traffic has zoomed up in the last couple of years in the country, if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the cancellation rate of flights of scheduled domestic airlines during the last six months?

Answer given by the minister

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): At present amongst all schedules domestic airlines only Jet Airways, Spicejet and Indigo are the listed companies Financial performance of these airlines during the last two quarters as reported by them is indicated below:;

Airline Quarter Net Profit;
(As per unaudited statement);
Spicejet July,2016-Sep.2016 59.92 Cr.;
Oct, 2016-Dec. 2016 181.14 Cr.;
Jet Airways July,2016-Sep.2016 108.11 Cr.;
Oct, 2016-Dec. 2016 142.38 Cr.;
Indigo July,2016-Sep.2016 139.85 Cr.;
Oct, 2016-Dec. 2016 487.26 Cr.;
;

(b): Number of passengers carried by scheduled domestic airlines and the corresponding growth during the last three years and current year (upto January) are as follows:;

Year Passenger carried Growth(%);
(In Lakhs);
;
2013 614.25 -
2014 673.83 9.70;
2015 810.19 20.34;
2016 998.88 23.18;
2017(Upto Jan) 95.79 25.13;


(c): Airline-wise details of flight cancellation rate for the last six months is given at Annexure-I.

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