FLEET SIZE FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS: OPERATORS IN THE INDIAN

SKIES

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
AIRINDIA + AI
EXPRESS 26 28 26 26 26 28 29 31 35 37 42 46
INDIAN AIRLINES 55 52 39 44 44 42 44 43 47 52 55 73
ALLIANCE AIR - 3 12 12 12 11 11 11 15 15 15 -
JET AIRWAYS 9 13 19 25 28 30 38 41 41 42 53 62
SAHARA AIRLINES - 4 6 8 9 7 10 12 20 22 29 28
AIR DECCAN - - - - - - - - 4 16 29 41
KING FISHER - - - - - - - - 11 27
SPICE JET - - - - - - - - - - 5 9
INDIGO - - - - - - - - - - 4 7
GO AIR - - - - - - - - - - 3 7
PARAMOUNT - - - - - - - - - - 1 5
BLUE DART
AVIATION - 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 7 7
OTHERS - - - - - 329 341 348 365 370 395 NA
TOTAL - - - - - 459 485 508 545 559 688 NA

(Others* - includes government aircraft and non-scheduled aircraft)

New Fleet Acquisition

ORDER BOOK OF
AIRPLANES
INDIGO 100
AIR INDIA 68
AIR DECCAN 90
KINGFISHER 50
INDIAN 43
JET AIRWAYS 40
GO AIR 36
SPICE JET 20
PARAMOUNT 5
TOTAL 452

Source: ACEXC Research

ACEXC, India Fleet size of all scheduled Indian carriers in the last ten years -1-
 FLEET SIZE: SCHEDULED OPERATORS
1997 TO 2007
350
AIRINDIA + AI EXPRESS INDIAN AIRLINES ALLIANCE AIR
300 JET AIRWAYS SAHARA AIRLINES AIR DECCAN
KING FISHER SPICE JET INDIGO
250
GO AIR PARAMOUNT
200
NOS.

150

100

50

0
1996-97 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

In the last two years there has been an unprecedented growth in fleet expansion. The number of
aircraft has increased by 60%. About 160 aircraft were registered in 2006; the figure was 97 in
2005 and 60 in 2004. In 2001 there were a total of 459 aircraft. Today, there are nearly 700
registered, air-worthy airplanes flying thousands of Indians daily.

There are more than 500 airplanes ordered, requiring funds to the tune of USD 50-55 bn. This
new expansion will bring in several benefits – like more flights, more routes, new technology,
safety standards, and probably cheaper fares for the Indian passenger.

Along with scheduled operators, there has been high growth among the non-scheduled operators
and private individuals. Even the chartered industry witnessed good growths with 122 aircraft,
and likely to go up to 160 this year.

The next three years will continue to see growth in fleet inductions from most of the carriers. By
2010, the total fleet of aircraft of Indian carriers is expected to cross 1,200 nos.

Source: ACEXC Research

ACEXC, India Fleet size of all scheduled Indian carriers in the last ten years -2-
 FLEET STATISTICS: INDIAN CARRIERS – AIRCRAFT UTILISATION

FLEET STATISTICS : NATIONALCARRIERS -

IC + Alliance Air

AI+IX

Nos.
0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000

FLEET STATISTICS: PRIVATE CARRIERS -

KINGFISHER

SPICEJET

PARAMOUNT AIRWAYS

AIR DECCAN

SAHARA AIRLINES

JET AIRWAYS
Nos.
0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000

Source: ACEXC Research

ACEXC, India Fleet size of all scheduled Indian carriers in the last ten years -3-
FLEET STATISTICS: INDIAN CARRIERS – AIRCRAFT UTILISATION

FLEET STATISTICS: NATIONAL CARRIERS -

IC + Alliance Air

AI+IX

Hrs.
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000

FLEET STATISTICS: PRIVATE CARRIERS - NO. OF HOURS

GO AIR

KINGFISHER

SPICEJET

PARAMOUNT AIRWAYS

AIR DECCAN

SAHARA AIRLINES

JET AIRWAYS
Hrs.
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000

Source: ACEXC Research

ACEXC, India Fleet size of all scheduled Indian carriers in the last ten years -4-