TABLE 1.1: TOTAL TRAFFIC HANDLED IN MARCH 2014 AND APR MAR MARCH 2014

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1 1.0 TRAFFIC SUMMARY During the month of March 2014, all operational airports (taken together) handled thousand aircraft movements (excluding General Aviation Movements), million passengers and thousand tonnes of freight. The details are given in Table 1.1. TABLE 1.1: TOTAL TRAFFIC HANDLED IN MARCH 2014 AND APR MAR CATEGORY MARCH 2014 MARCH 2013 % CHANGE Aircraft Movement (in 000) International Domestic Total General Aviation Passengers (in million) International Domestic Total Freight (in 000 tonnes) International Domestic Total CATEGORY APR-MAR APR-MAR % CHANGE Aircraft Movements (in 000) International Domestic Total General Aviation Passengers (in million) International Domestic Total Freight (in 000 tonnes) International Domestic Total The above table reveals that the aircraft movements, passenger and freight have increased by 5.2 per cent, 3.5 per cent and 8.1 per cent respectively during March 2014 over traffic handled during March THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR : The passenger traffic has crossed 169 million mark and has achieved million (46.62 million International and million Domestic) during IGI Airport, Delhi has handled highest number of total passenger of million followed by Mumbai Airport Million during The freight traffic has maintained 2 million MT mark (1.4 million MT International and 0.8 million MT Domestic) during

2 Aircraft movement has crossed 1.5 million marks (0.34million International and 1.20 million Domestic) during Mumbai Airport, has handled highest freight traffic of 0.65 million MT closely followed by Delhi Airport 0.61 Million MT during Northern Region has recorded highest growth of 8.0% in total passenger handling followed by Western Region 6.9% and Southern Region 5.5%. Eastern Region has recorded the marginal growth rate of 0.2% in total passenger handling during North East Region has witnessed the significant growth of 18.1 per cent in total freight traffic followed by Northern Region with 10.9 per cent and Eastern Region with 9.8 per cent in total freight handling during Whereas, Southern Region has recorded the marginal decline of 1.1% in total freight handled in AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS: 2.1 TRAFFIC TREND: MARCH 2014 VIS-A-VIS MARCH TOTAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS: The total aircraft movements (International and Domestic) handled in March 2014 has shown an increase of 5.2 per cent as compared to the aircraft movement handled in March 2013 (refer to Annexure-I). Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airportwise details are given in Annexure IIC. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IIC): Chennai 6.3 Cochin(CIAL) 9.0 Goa 9.8 Bagdogra 32.5 Srinagar 20.0 Madurai 21.6 Jaipur 18.1 Jammu 5.8 Coimbatore 21.3 Vadodara 28.0 Mangalore 12.0 Ranchi 20.9 Trichy 24.4 Aurangabad 14.7 Delhi (DIAL) 6.4 Leh 10.7 Mumbai(MIAL) 5.6 Dehradun 43.4 Bangalore (BIAL) 9.1 Dibrugarh INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS: The international aircraft movements have increased by 3.1 per cent during the period under review. Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure-IIA.

3 Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IIA): Kolkata 12.8 Bangalore (BIAL) 4.6 Ahmedabad 8.4 Trichy 28.8 Goa 8.7 Hyderabad (GHIAL) 4.8 Jaipur 11.8 Cochin (CIAL) 8.7 The higher growth in traffic at above airports is contributed to increase in frequencies by existing airlines / start of operation by new airlines DOMESTIC AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS: The domestic aircraft movements have increased by 5.8 per cent during March 2014 compared to aircraft movements handled in March Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IIB. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IIB): Chennai 8.2 Mumbai(MIAL) 6.8 Goa 10.1 Bangalore(BIAL) 10.0 Lucknow 9.3 Cochin(CIAL) 9.1 Srinagar 19.8 Bagdogra 36.0 Jaipur 18.8 Madurai 11.4 Coimbatore 22.8 Vadodara 28.0 Mangalore 18.3 Ranchi 20.9 Amritsar 7.6 Aurangabad 14.7 Trichy 10.0 Leh 10.7 Varanasi 15.0 Dehradun 43.4 Delhi (DIAL) 8.6 Dibrugarh 6.4 The reason for growth at the above airports in March 2014 is attributed to increase in frequencies by existing airlines and start of operation by new airlines. Major decline (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IIB): Nagpur (MIPL) 20.9 Chandigarh 14.9 Visakhapatnam 21.2 Bhubaneswar MONTH-WISE A/C MOVEMENTS TREND : Month-wise Aircraft Movements Traffic trend is shown in the chart below CHART : MONTH-WISE A/C MOVNT Vs AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS (IN '000) APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR MONTH INT'L DOM INT'L DOM

4 TABLE 2.1: TOTAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS TRAFFIC TREND MARCH 2014 VIS-À-VIS MARCH 2013 (in 000) AIRPORT CATEGORY MARCH 2014 MARCH 2013 % CHANGE Sixteen International Airports Six JV Int l Airports Seven Customs Airports Seventeen Domestic Airports Others Domestic Airports Total The chart 2.1 below depicts the graphical presentation of aircraft movement during March 2014 vis-à-vis March CHART : 2.1 AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS - MARCH 2014 VIS-À-VIS MARCH 2013 A/C MOVNTS (IN '000) INT'L DOM TOTAL Mar-14 Mar TRAFFIC TREND: APR MAR VIS-A-VIS APR MAR TOTAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS: - The total aircraft movements have witnessed an increase of 3.9 per cent i.e. from thousand movements to thousand movements during the period April- March as compared to the aircraft movements handled during the period April- March Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure-I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure-IIC INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS: The international aircraft movements have shown an increase of 7.0 per cent during the period April March Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IIA.

5 Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IIA): Kolkata 16.2 Varanasi 18.1 Ahmedabad 28.2 Delhi(DIAL) 7.2 Goa 8.3 Hyderabad(GHIAL) 9.5 Guwahati 18.8 Cochin(CIAL) 14.1 Jaipur 13.2 Pune 7.3 Coimbatore 12.2 Visakhapatnam 19.4 Mangalore 57.8 Bagdogra 13.8 Trichy 17.4 Madurai The higher growth in traffic at above airports is due to increase in frequency by existing airlines / start of operations by new airlines. Commencement of international operation by Spice jet from September 2012 and Mihin Lanka from December, 2012 is contributed to the highest growth at Madurai airport DOMESTIC AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS: The domestic aircraft movements have witnessed an increase of 3.1 per cent during the period under review. Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IIB. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IIB): Chennai 3.9 Mumbai(MIAL) 8.7 Ahmedabad 7.0 Bangalore(BIAL) 14.0 Goa 7.7 Cochin(CIAL) 15.2 Lucknow 7.2 Pune 9.8 Srinagar 8.4 Bagdogra 12.9 Jaipur 8.0 Madurai 4.0 Coimbatore 3.3 Vadodara 6.0 Mangalore 18.5 Ranchi 24.5 Amritsar 19.8 Udaipur 13.5 Trichy 47.8 Dehradun 8.9 Varanasi 3.1 Dibrugarh 7.6 The higher growth in traffic at above airports is due to increase in frequencies by existing airlines/ start of operation by new airlines. TABLE 2.2: TOTAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS TRAFFIC TREND APR-MAR VIS-A-VIS APR-MAR (in 000) AIRPORT CATEGORY APR-MAR APR-MAR % CHANGE Sixteen International Airports Six JV Int l Airports Seven Customs Airports Seventeen Domestic Airports Others Domestic Airports Total

6 The chart 2.2 below depicts the graphical presentation of aircraft movements during the cumulative period April March vis-à-vis April March CHART : 2.2 AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS - APR - MAR VIS-À-VIS APR - MAR A/C MOVNTS (IN '000) INT'L DOM TOTAL APR-MAR APR-MAR PASSENGERS TRAFFIC: TRAFFIC TREND: MARCH 2014 VIS-A-VIS MARCH TOTAL PASSENGERS TRAFFIC: The total passenger traffic during the reporting month has shown an increase of 3.5 per cent during March 2014 as compared to March Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IIIC. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure IIIC): Goa 42.5 Madurai 7.8 Lucknow 21.3 Jammu 8.0 Srinagar 30.2 Agartala 5.3 Jaipur 5.2 Vadodara 13.3 Amritsar 20.3 Ranchi 16.0 Trichy 24.8 Udaipur 17.5 Delhi (DIAL) 4.1 Leh 5.2 Mumbai (MIAL) 4.4 Rajkot 11.0 Cochin (CIAL) 4.6 Jodhpur 9.7 Patna 18.2 Dehradun 34.7 Bagdogra 23.3 Dibrugarh 26.3 The higher growth in traffic at above airports is due to increase in frequency by existing airlines / start of operation by new airlines INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC: The international passenger traffic has registered an increase of 2.7 per cent during March 2014 as compared to passenger traffic handled in March Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IIIA.

7 Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure IIIA): Kolkata 6.2 Trichy 26.2 Ahmedabad 9.8 Mumbai (MIAL) 4.8 Goa 12.5 Bangalore (BIAL) 6.5 Lucknow 17.9 Hyderabad (GHIAL) 13.0 Jaipur 6.2 Cochin (CIAL) 6.6 Coimbatore 13.6 Pune 47.5 Mangalore 47.9 Madurai The higher growth in traffic at above airports is due to increase in frequencies by existing airlines / start of operation by new airlines DOMESTIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC: The domestic passenger traffic in March 2014 has reached to million from million in March 2013 registering a growth of 3.8 percent. Growth rate traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IIIB. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure IIIB): Goa 53.2 Bagdogra 23.6 Trivandrum 18.0 Gaya 80.6 Lucknow 22.1 Jammu 8.0 Srinagar 30.2 Agartala 5.3 Jaipur 5.0 Vadodara 13.3 Amritsar 31.9 Ranchi 16.0 Trichy 13.1 Udaipur 17.5 Delhi (DIAL) 8.5 Leh 5.2 Mumbai (MIAL) 4.2 Rajkot 11.0 Vishakhapatnam 4.1 Jodhpur 9.7 Patna 18.2 Dehradun MONTH-WISE PASSENGER TRAFFIC TREND: Month-wise Passenger Traffic trend is shown in the chart below CHART : MONTH-WISE PASSENGER TRAFFIC Vs PASSENGERS (IN MILLION) APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR MONTH INT'L DOM INT'L DOM

8 TABLE 3.1: TOTAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC TREND- MARCH 2014 VIS- A-VIS MARCH 2013 (in million) Airport Category MARCH 2014 MARCH 2013 % Change Sixteen International Airports Six JV Int l Airports Seven Customs Airports Seventeen Domestic Airports Others Domestic Airports Total The chart 3.1 below depicts the graphical presentation of passenger traffic during March 2014 vis-à-vis March CHART :3.1 PASSENGER TRAFFIC : MARCH 2014 VIS-À-VIS MARCH TOTAL DOM 3.99 INT'L PASSENGERS (IN MILLION) Mar-14 Mar TRAFFIC TREND:APR-MAR VIS-A-VIS APR-MAR TOTAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC: The total passenger traffic handled during April March have increased to million from million registering an increase of 6.0 per cent as compared to the passenger traffic handled during April March Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IIIC INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC: The international passenger traffic has registered an increase of 8.3 per cent at all airports taken together during the period under review. Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airportwise details are given in Annexure IIIA.

9 Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure IIIA): Ahmedabad 21.9 Varanasi 27.0 Goa 12.2 Delhi(DIAL) 9.6 Calicut 11.1 Hyderabad(GHIAL) 13.8 Guwahati 12.9 Cochin(CIAL) 12.1 Lucknow 14.9 Pune 67.8 Jaipur 13.6 Vishakhapatnam 32.1 Mangalore 58.5 Bagdogra 26.3 Trichy 15.9 Madurai DOMESTIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC: The domestic passenger traffic has registered an increase of 5.2 per cent during the period under review. Growth rates of traffic handled by different categories of airports are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IIIB. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IIIB): Ahmedabad 6.6 Mumbai(MIAL) 7.9 Goa 13.1 Bangalore(BIAL) 7.8 Guwahati 5.7 Cochin(CIAL) 7.6 Lucknow 14.2 Pune 8.1 Srinagar 7.7 Chandigarh 19.2 Jaipur 9.4 Bagdogra 7.4 Mangalore 10.1 Ranchi 11.6 Amritsar 31.1 Udaipur 20.7 Trichy 23.7 Rajkot 8.2 Port Blair 7.6 Jodhpur 16.6 Delhi (DIAL) 6.1 Dehradun 29.9 TABLE 3.2:TOTAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC TREND APR MAR VIS A VIS APR MAR (in million) AIRPORT CATEGORY APR-MAR APR-MAR % CHANGE Sixteen International Airports Six JV Int l Airports Seven Customs Airports Seventeen Domestic Airports Others Domestic Airports Total

10 The chart 3.2 below depicts the graphical presentation of passenger traffic during the cumulative period April March vis-à-vis April March CHART : 3.2 PASSENGER TRAFFIC : APR - MAR VIS-À-VIS APR - MAR TOTAL DOM INT'L PASSENGERS(IN MILLION) APR-MAR APR-MAR FREIGHT TRAFFIC 4.1 TRAFFIC TREND: MARCH 2014 VIS-A-VIS MARCH TOTAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC: - The total freight traffic (International and Domestic) handled during the reporting month has registered an increase of 8.1 percent as compared to March The freight traffic handled by various categories of airports and their growth rates are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IVC. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IVC): Kolkata 18.7 Vishakhapatnam 25.9 Goa 36.9 Patna 61.6 Guwahati Chandigarh 29.6 Lucknow 19.9 Bhubaneswar 37.8 Srinagar 48.2 Indore 29.3 Trichy 21.0 Raipur 49.8 Delhi(DIAL) 14.7 Agartala 18.2 Cochin (CIAL) 19.5 Imphal 28.2 Pune 19.5 Ranchi INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC: The international freight traffic has registered an increase of 5.0 per cent during the month of March 2014 as compared to the traffic handled in March The freight traffic handled by various categories of airports and their growth rates are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IVA. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IVA): Goa 24.1 Mumbai (MIAL) 7.3 Delhi(DIAL) 7.4 Cochin (CIAL) 22.7

11 4.1.3 DOMESTIC FREIGHT TRAFFIC: The domestic freight traffic has increased to thousand tonnes in March 2014 from thousand tonnes freight handled in March 2013 registering an increase of 14.2 per cent. The freight traffic handled by various categories of airport and their growth rates are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IVB. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IVB): Kolkata 18.1 Patna 61.6 Goa 51.8 Chandigarh 29.6 Guwahati Bhubaneswar 37.8 Lucknow 23.5 Indore 29.3 Srinagar 48.2 Raipur 49.8 Delhi (DIAL) 30.7 Agartala 18.2 Hyderabad(GHIAL) 19.2 Imphal 28.2 Pune 19.5 Ranchi 40.8 Vishakhapatnam 25.9 Leh Major declines (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IVB): Chennai 7.3 Jaipur MONTH-WISE FREIGHT TRAFFIC TREND: Month-wise Freight traffic trend has shown in the chart below: CHART: MONTH-WISE FREIGHT TRAFFIC Vs FREIGHT (IN '000 TONNES) ` APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR MONTH INT'L DOM INT'L DOM TABLE -4.1: TOTAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC TREND MARCH 2014 VIS- A-VIS MARCH 2013 (in 000 tonnes) AIRPORT CATEGORY MARCH 2014 MARCH 2013 % CHANGE Sixteen International Airports Six JV Int l Airports Seven Customs Airports Seventeen Domestic Airports Others Domestic Airports Total

12 The chart 4.1 below depicts the graphical presentation of freight traffic during March 2014 vis-à-vis March CHART : 4.1 FREIGHT TRAFFIC: MARCH 2014 VIS-À-VIS MARCH FREIGHT (IN '000 TONNES) INT'L DOM TOTAL Mar-14 Mar TRAFFIC TREND: APR-MAR VIS-A-VIS APR-MAR TOTAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC: - The total freight traffic has increased to thousand tonnes from thousand tonnes, which has registered an increase of 4.0 per cent during April March as compared to freight traffic handled during April March The freight traffic handled by various categories of airports and their growth rates are given in Annexure-I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure -IVC. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IVC): Kolkata 6.2 Cochin (CIAL) 11.7 Ahmedabad 7.2 Nagpur (MIPL) 6.1 Guwahati 31.5 Pune 6.5 Lucknow 23.0 Visakhapatnam 10.9 Srinagar 23.0 Patna Coimbatore 5.9 Chandigarh 30.6 Mangalore 25.7 Bagdogra 45.0 Amritsar 6.8 Madurai 14.8 Trichy 63.9 Bhubaneswar 21.0 Varanasi 30.3 Jammu 9.1 Port Blair 21.8 Raipur 43.0 Delhi(DIAL) 10.9 Agartala 13.5 Bangalore (BIAL) 7.0 Vadodara 4.2 Hyderabad (GHIAL) 8.3 Ranchi 43.8

13 4.2.2 INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC: The international freight traffic has shown an increase of 2.6 per cent during the period April- March as compared to the traffic handled during the period April March The freight traffic handled by various categories of airport and their growth rates are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IVA. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IVA): Kolkata 7.2 Delhi (DIAL) 8.9 Ahmedabad 22.4 Mumbai (MIAL) 3.3 Coimbatore 64.2 Bangalore (BIAL) 4.7 Amritsar 4.4 Hyderabad (GHIAL) 6.0 Trichy 63.9 Cochin (CIAL) DOMESTIC FREIGHT TRAFFIC: The domestic freight traffic has witnessed an increase of 6.6 per cent during the period under review. The freight traffic handled by various categories of airports and their growth rates are given in Annexure I and airport-wise details are given in Annexure IVB. Major increases (in per cent) are at (Annexure-IVB): Trivandrum 20.4 Visakhapatnam 10.9 Guwahati 33.0 Patna Lucknow 34.7 Chandigarh 30.6 Srinagar 23.0 Bagdogra 45.0 Port Blair 21.8 Madurai 14.7 Delhi (DIAL) 14.7 Bhubaneswar 21.0 Bangalore (BIAL) 11.0 Jammu 9.1 Hyderabad (GHIAL) 11.6 Raipur 43.0 Cochin (CIAL) 8.3 Agartala 13.5 TABLE 4.2: TOTAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC TRENDS APR MAR VIS- À-VIS APR - MAR (in 000 tonnes) AIRPORT CATEGORY APR-MAR APR-MAR % CHANGE Sixteen International Airports Six JV Int l Airports Seven Customs Airports Seventeen Domestic Airports Others Domestic Airports Total

14 The chart 4.2 below depicts the graphical presentation of freight traffic during the cumulative period April March vis-à-vis April March CHART : 4.2 FREIGHT TRAFFIC : APR - MAR VIS-À-VIS APR - MAR FREIGHT (IN '000 TONNES) INT'L DOM TOTAL APR-MAR APR-MAR AIR INDIA LTD. AND PRIVATE AIRLINES SHARE IN THE DOMESTIC TRAFFIC: TABLE 5.1: AIR INDIA LTD. AND PRIVATE AIRLINES (REGULAR & LOW COST AIRLINES) SHARE AT TWENTY TWO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN DOMESTIC TRAFFIC MARCH (In Percentage) AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS AIRPORTS PRIVATE AIRLINES AIR INDIA LTD. REGULAR LOW COST CHENNAI KOLKATA AHMEDABAD GOA TRIVANDRUM CALICUT GUWAHATI LUCKNOW SRINAGAR JAIPUR COIMBATORE MANGALORE AMRITSAR TRICHY VARANASI PORTBLAIR DELHI (DIAL) MUMBAI (MIAL) BANGALORE (BIAL) HYDERABAD (GHIAL) COCHIN(CIAL) NAGPUR (MIPL) Total PASSENGERS AIRPORTS PRIVATE AIRLINES AIR INDIA LTD. REGULAR LOW COST CHENNAI KOLKATA

15 AHMEDABAD GOA TRIVANDRUM CALICUT GUWAHATI LUCKNOW SRINAGAR JAIPUR COIMBATORE MANGALORE AMRITSAR TRICHY VARANASI PORTBLAIR DELHI (DIAL) MUMBAI (MIAL) BANGALORE (BIAL) HYDERABAD (GHIAL) COCHIN(CIAL) NAGPUR (MIPL) Total FREIGHT AIRPORTS PRIVATE AIRLINES AIR INDIA LTD. REGULAR LOW COST CHENNAI KOLKATA AHMEDABAD GOA TRIVANDRUM CALICUT GUWAHATI LUCKNOW SRINAGAR JAIPUR COIMBATORE MANGALORE AMRITSAR TRICHY VARANASI PORTBLAIR DELHI (DIAL) MUMBAI (MIAL) BANGALORE (BIAL) HYDERABAD (GHIAL) COCHIN(CIAL) NAGPUR (MIPL) Total Air India Ltd. : Indian Airlines, Air India and Alliance Air. (Spice Jet, Go Air, Jetlite, Indigo Airlines and Air Costa are considered as low cost airlines) The share of private airlines in aircraft movements, passenger and freight traffic on the domestic sector is maintained at 83.4%, 81.4% and 86.3% respectively during March The share of domestic passenger traffic is shown graphically in Chart 5.1. The overall share of passengers in Low Cost Airlines is 60.8% in March The detailed airport-wise share of Air India Limited and Private Airlines in domestic traffic is given in the Table 5.1.

16 CHART : 5.1 AIR INDIA LTD. AND PRIVATE AIRLINES (REGULAR & LOW COST AIRLINES) SHARE IN THE DOMESTIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC - MARCH AIR INDIA LTD. REGULAR PRIVATE LCA 6.0 AIRPORT CATEGORY WISE TRAFFIC SHARE: TABLE 6.1: SHARE OF AIR TRAFFIC DISPERSED AT INDIAN AIRPORTS MARCH 2014 AIRPORT CATEGORY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS MARCH 2014 MARCH 2013 Sixteen International Airports Six JV Int l Airports Seven Customs Airports Seventeen Domestic Airports Others Domestic Airports Total PASSENGERS AIRPORT CATEGORY MARCH 2014 MARCH 2013 Sixteen International Airports Six JV Int l Airports Seven Customs Airports Seventeen Domestic Airports Others Domestic Airports Total FREIGHT AIRPORT CATEGORY MARCH 2014 MARCH 2013 Sixteen International Airports Six JV Int l Airports Seven Customs Airports Seventeen Domestic Airports Others Domestic Airports Total The dispersion of air traffic in terms of percentage handled at different categories of airports in the country is shown in the Table-6.1. The dispersion of traffic is also depicted in the Chart 6.1 for the month of March The Table

17 6.1 shows that twenty two international airports have major share in the country s air traffic i.e per cent, 88.1 per cent and 97.0 per cent in aircraft movements, passenger and freight traffic respectively. CHART 6.1: TRAFFIC DISPERSED AT INDIAN AIRPORTS - MARCH PERCENTAGE SHARE International Airports 6 JVs International Airports 07 Customs Airports 17 Domestic Airports Other Airports ACM PAX FREIGHT 7.0 REGIONWISE TREND AND SHARE IN TOTAL TRAFFIC: 7.1 REGION WISE TREND: Southern Region has registered the highest growth rate of 7.7 per cent followed by Northern Region with 6.9 per cent in total Aircraft Movements during March 2014 compared to March Western Region has registered the highest growth rate of 6.6 per cent followed by Northern Region with 6.3 per cent in total passenger traffic during March 2014 compared to March North-East Region has registered the highest growth rate of 40.4 per cent followed by Eastern Region with 21.0 per cent and Northern Region with 14.6 per cent in total freight traffic during March 2014 compared to March Category wise & Region wise trends in traffic during March 2014 and for the period April- March vis-à-vis April-March may be visualized in the Annexure V. 7.2 REGION WISE SHARE: Southern Region has witnessed the highest percentage share of 32.1 per cent in total Aircraft Movements followed by Western Region with 28.3 per cent and Northern Region with 26.7 per cent during March Northern Region has witnessed the highest percentage share of 30.8 per cent in total passenger traffic followed by Western Region with 29.6 percent and Southern Region with 28.5 percent during March Southern Region has witnessed the highest percentage share of 32.5 per cent in total freight traffic closely followed by Western Region with 32.3 per cent and Northern Region with 27.8 per cent during March 2014.

18 Category-wise and Region-wise share in traffic during March 2014 and for the period April- March vis-à-vis April- March may be visualized in the annexure V. 8.0 WORLD TRAFFIC SCENARIO DURING MARCH 2014: The passenger and freight traffic flash reported by ACI for March 2014, which reveal that World Passenger Traffic increased by 2.4 percent. Middle East Region has witnessed the highest growth rate of 5.9 per cent in total passenger traffic. Freight growth in total freight traffic worldwide was registered an increase of 3.9 percent in March, Europe Region has witnessed the highest growth rate of 6.0 per cent in the total freight traffic. 8.1 PASSENGER TRAFFIC: In March 2014, total passenger traffic demand rose by 2.4 per cent compared to the same period in International passenger traffic was increased by 1.8 per cent and domestic passenger traffic increased by 2.9 per cent during March Middle East Region has registered the highest passenger traffic growth rate of 6.2 percent in international category and Latin America Region has registered the highest passenger traffic growth rate of 7.1 per cent in domestic category during March 2014 compared to March The first three months of 2014 showed World Passenger traffic increased by 4.2 per cent with international passenger traffic increased by 4.7% and domestic passenger traffic increased by 3.8 per cent. Global passenger traffic increased by 4.1 per cent during the year ending March 2014 compared to the year ending 2013 with international passenger traffic grew by 5.1 per cent and domestic passenger traffic increased by 3.2 per cent. 8.2 FREIGHT TRAFFIC: Total freight traffic handled worldwide in March 2014 was increased by 3.9 per cent compared to March Domestic freight traffic was marginally increased by 0.5 per cent and International freight traffic increased by 5.3 per cent in March North America Region has witnessed the highest growth rate of 7.2 per cent in International category and Europe Region has witnessed the highest growth rate of 8.6 per cent in domestic category during March 2014 compared to March The first three months of 2014 showed World Freight traffic increased by 3.2 per cent during March Domestic freight traffic increased slightly by 0.5 per cent whereas international freight traffic increased by 4.4 per cent. Total freight traffic handled worldwide during the year ending March 2014 was increased by 1.7 per cent. International freight traffic increased by 2.1 per cent and domestic freight traffic slightly increased by 0.8 per cent. ***