http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1615217,00020016.htm
Details on India's airports, aviation sector Reuters February 2, 2006 <Following are some details on various airports and the civil aviation industry in India. -- India, Asia's third largest economy, has 450 airports and airstrips including those managed by the defence services and private companies. -- **The state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) manages 125 of them. These include 11 international airports, 77 domestic airports, 9 airports for the customs department and 28 civilian enclaves at defence airfields**. -- Passenger traffic at these airports crossed 50 million till March 2005. Traffic growth is estimated at 12 per cent each year between now and 2009. -- More than 85 per cent of total passenger traffic was handled by 10 airports, which generate 80 per cent of AAI's revenue. -- Delhi and Mumbai, the two major gateways, account for 49 per cent of total passenger traffic and 33 per cent of total revenue. -- Only 11 airports are profitable. -- The Delhi airport handled 10.4 million passengers in the year ending March 2004, and the Mumbai airport saw 13.28 million travellers.> ----------- It may be necessary to put names to these ** numbers as sometimes it is said there are 120 AAI airports and sometimes 125 as above and sometimes even 128! Recently it was reported that only 20 civil enclaves were operational. Is Dabolim classified under "international airport" or "civil enclave"-- or both? Is Kochi CIAL an "AAI airport" or a private one? These are some of the problems with the "numbers" of AAI airports.
