Air and water transport In India

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Air and water transport In India

• Kamal singh
• Lecturer in Economics
• GCCBA-42 , Chandigarh

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• India has an extensive network of inland
  waterways in the form of rivers, canals,
  backwaters and creeks. The total navigable length
  is 14,500 kilometres (9,000 mi), out of which
  about 5,200 km (3,231 mi) of river and 485 km
  (301 mi) of canals can be used by mechanised
  crafts.

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• Freight transport by waterways is highly
  underutilised in India compared to other large
  countries. The total cargo moved by inland
  waterways is just 0.15 of the total inland
  traffic in India, compared to the corresponding
  figures of 20 for Germany and 32 for Bangladesh

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Problem of Water Transports

• Inadequate Capacity
• Inefficient performance of Indian Ports
• Paucity of Funds
• Working age of ships
• Under developed container system
• More operating cost
• Competition with foreign countries

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Air Transport

• Rapid economic growth in India has made air
  travel more affordable. Air India, India's flag
  carrier, presently operates a fleet of 159
  aircraft and plays a major role in connecting
  India with the rest of the world.Several other
  foreign airlines connect Indian cities with other
  major cities across the globe.
• Kingfisher Airlines, Air India and Jet Airways
  are the most popular brands in domestic air
  travel in order of their market share.These
  airlines connect more than 80 cities across India
  and also operate overseas routes after the
  liberalisation of Indian aviation. However, a
  large section of country's air transport system
  remains untapped, even though the Mumbai-Delhi
  air corridor was ranked 6th by the Official
  Airline Guide in 2007 among the world's busiest
  routes.

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• India's vast unutilised air transport network has
  attracted several investments in the Indian air
  industry in the past few years. More than half a
  dozen low-cost carriers entered the Indian market
  in 2004-05. Major new entrants include Air
  Deccan, Kingfisher Airlines, SpiceJet, GoAir,
  Paramount Airways and IndiGo Airlines.
• To meet India's rapidly increasing demand for air
  travel, Air India recently placed orders for more
  than 68 jets from Boeing for US7.5 billion while
  Indian placed orders for 43 jets from Airbus for
  US2.5 billion

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Main airline services in India

• Air India
• Indian Airlines
• National aviation Company of India
• Pawan hans
• Air Indian Express
• Private Airlines

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• There are more than 335 (2008 est.)civilian
  airports in India - 250 with paved runways and 96
  with unpaved runways and more than 20
  international airports in the Republic of India.
  The Indira Gandhi International Airport and the
  Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport handle
  more than half of the air traffic in South Asia

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Air port Authority of India

• The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is an
  organization working under the Ministry of Civil
  Aviation\ that manages all the airports in India.
  The AAI manages and operates 126 airports
  including 16 international airports 89 domestic
  airports and 26 civil enclaves. The corporate
  headquarters(CHQ) are at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan,
  Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi

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New Liberalized Policy for Air Transport

• 1979 Open ski policy
• Denationalization of air transport in 1994
• Modernization of Indian Airports
• Mergers of Air India and Indian Airlines in 2007
  and formation of Air India and Mascot Maharaja
• Airport Economic Regulatory Act 2008