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life-critical supplies to the remotest corners of India under the Lifeline Udan initiative and
also in seamlessly handling the imports of essential medical supplies. Figure 31b indicates that
the air cargo started recovering and tending towards normal levels as the economic activities
picked up.
Figure 30A: India’s total fleet Figure 30B: Cargo handled by Indian
strength (in numbers) Airports (in thousand tonnes)
691 669 713 4000
3500
584
3000
493
448 2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21* FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21*
Note: Data for FY19 and FY20 is provisiontonal.
*The estimate is from April to November 2020. AAI Joint Venture Total
Figure 30C: ASK of scheduled Figure 30D: Passenger kms performed by
services (in billion) scheduled services (in billion)
300 250
250
200
200
150
150
100
100
50
50
0 0
FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20
Domestic International Domestic International
*ASK: Available seat kilometres.
Source: Survey calculations based on DCCA data.
