Indian Airports Hold Top 6 Positions in South Asia Aviation Market…

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Here we look closely at the airports of South Asia and highlight the region’s top performers. 

DATA: What are the Fastest Growing Airports in South Asia?

Ahead of this year’s Routes Asia forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region.  Here we look closely at the airports serving South Asia and highlight the region’s top performers.

Scheduled Air Capacity From South Asia (2005 – 2014)

Our analysis of published schedules for the past ten years shows that air capacity within and from South Asia has risen from 69,033,731 available seats in 2005 to 158,760,706 available seats in 2014.  This represents a growth of 130.0 per cent across the period, an average annual increase of 14.4 per cent.  In the past year capacity increased 7.3 per cent.

Year Available Capacity
2005 69033731
2006 88368144
2007 109348747
2008 118056955
2009 117414226
2010 125066419
2011 143163209
2012 143648290
2013 148024633
2014 158760706

Top Ten Airports in the South Asian Market (2014) ….

Delhi (DEL)    Mumbai (BOM)      Bangalore (BLR      Chennai (MAA)      Kolkata (CCU)   Hyderabad (HYD)     Colombo (CMB)        Dhaka (DAC)       Cochin (COK

Indian airports hold the top six positions in the listing of largest facilities for air travel within and from South Asia, highlighting the key role new entrants into the local market and infrastructure growth at airports in the country will have on the future of aviation in this region.

The big metropolis hubs of Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai lead the way with 16.8 per cent and 15.3 per cent shares of capacity within and from South Asia in 2014, respectively. With a faster rate of growth Delhi’s gateway has strengthened its prominence in the region with its share of available seats rising 0.3 percentage points between 2013 and 2014 following a 9.0 per cent rise in departure capacity.

The Indian airports hold seven of the top ten largest airports in South Asia with Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore (6.2 per cent share); Chennai International Airport (6.1 per cent share); Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata (4.9 per cent share); Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad (4.5 per cent share) and Cochin International Airport (2.6 per cent share), the others.

The largest non-Indian airport in South Asia by departure capacity in 2014 was Bandaranaike International Airport, serving the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, which was ranked seventh with a 3.3 per cent share. The other non-Indian airports in the top ten were: Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh (2.8 per cent share) and Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan (2.6 per cent share).

Fastest Growing Airports in the South Asian Market (2010-2014)

Looking at capacity data in the region across a five year period, it is Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in the Indian city of Hyderabad that has grown by the biggest margin with capacity up 68.6 per cent from 2010. The modern facility was opened in March 2008 as a replacement for the city’s former airport at Begumpet and is viewed upon as one of the most efficient facilities across the Asian market, regularly appearing highly in customer surveys.

The performance at Hyderabad over the last five years only just exceeded that of two other Indian airports. Pune Airport grew capacity 65.9 per cent between 2010 and 2014, while at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport departure seats increased 60.6 per cent, despite capacity falling last year.

Outside of the dominant Indian market, Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, the main international airport in the Maldives, was the fastest growing airport in South Asia with departure capacity up 56.4 per cent over the past five years. Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka also saw a notable 45.3 per cent capacity rise between 2010 and 2014, highlighting its emergence as a regional hub for the oneworld alliance and resurgence of tourism to the country.

SOURCE::::: www .routesonline.com

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