Question : PERFORMANCE OF NACIL

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION ( SHRI PRAFUL PATEL )

(a) to (d):- A statement is laid on the table of the House.

STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TBALE OF THE LOK SBAHA IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 389 DATED 22.04.2010 REGARDING PERFORMANCE OF NACIL.

(a):- The details of market share of NACIL and private scheduled airlines (in percentage) in domestic sector in 2009 are as under:

Airline	2009
NACIL	17.5
Jet Air	17.9
JetLite	7.5
AirDeccan
Kingfisher	23.9
SpiceJet	12.4
Paramount	01.9
Go Air	04.7
IndiGo	13.9
Indus	-
MDLR	0.27

(b):- There is no such open sky policy and all airlines are required to follow Route Dispersal Guidelines issued by the Government. The details of passenger growth recorded by NACIL and private Scheduled airlines (in percentage)in domestic sector from 2005 to 2009 are as under:-

Airline	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
NACIL	1.03	1.74	17.72	-18.35	15.78
Jet Air	12.34	14.99	-3.52	-9.44	-10.45
JetLite	10.32	2.50	11.36	3.64	0.83
AirDeccan	207.16	158.47	24.85	-32.13
Kingfisher	349.76	87.29	20.05	-6.88
SpiceJet	229.27	69.49	8.33	33.84
Paramount	-	1631.59	149.33	12.30	31.75
Go Air	-	1710.00	97.46	-23.73	51.21
IndiGo	686.17	46.53	28.59

(c) and (d):- Yes, Madam. Air India takes continuous steps to improve its competitive performance. The following steps were taken by Air India in this regard:

(i) More hub & spoke services introduced.

(ii) Through flight numbers have been given on certain sectors (viz. Hyderabad-Mumbai-New York, Kolkata-Delhi-New York, Hyderabad-Mumbai-Frankfurt-Chicago, Kolkata-Delhi-London, Ahmedabad-Mumbai-London) that would improve Air India flight displays on GDS systems thus expected to improve sales.

(iii) With the new aircrafts inducted in AI`s fleet, the new aircrafts have been deployed on all the major international and domestic routes that would enable Air India to offer improved product in the important markets, improve on-time performance and reduce cost of operations.

(iv) In order to tap 6th freedom traffic, Air India has changed timing of some of the services to offer better connections. Air India offers convenient connections in both directions on following routes:

(i) Bangkok-London/Kathmandu via Delhi
(ii) Kathmandu-Dubai/Muscat via Delhi
(iii) Bangkok-London/New York/Frankfurt/Chicago via Mumbai
(iv) Dhaka-London/New York/Frankfurt/Chicago via Mumbai
(v) Singapore-Dubai via Mumbai.

After operationalization of new terminal at Delhi, Air India would be in a better position to attract more number of 6th freedom feeds over Delhi by leveraging its strength of connectivity out of Delhi.

(v) Air India is also reviewing its network strategy with the help of experts in the field.

(vi) Air India is taking the software tool for planning and scheduling.