Domestic technical textiles Industry Segment-wise consumption of ...

Jet Airways 20
Air India 72
Source: Air India, Jet Airways, Edelweiss Aviation Report, Karvy Aviation Sector Update
Market Share of major airlines in India
Others
5%
Source: DGCA
As a result, of the slowdown, the airlines have reduced capacity in the recent past – Kingfisher
Airlines reduced 20% of domestic capacity, Jet Airways reduced around 13% of domestic capacity
and SpiceJet reduced 5 aircrafts from the fleet. The airlines are gradually shedding excess capacity in
the domestics market. With current overcapacity, the there are no expansion plans for 2009 and
several existing orders are being rescheduled or cancelled.
Product characteristics of technical textiles used in Aircrafts
Item Specifications
Tea pot cover 100% Polypropylene Spunbonded
Disposable Headrest
cover
70 GSM, 16 cms by 14 cms
100% Polypropylene Spunbonded
40-50 GSM for domestic flights and 60-
90 GSM for international flights
Headphone bag (premier) 100% Polypropylene Spunbonded
Consumption norms and market sizing of aircraft disposables
40 GSM, 22 cms by 24 cms
The market size of Aircraft disposables have been estimated based on discussion with industry players
and annual tender documents of Jet Airways. Though the industry has witnessed 25-30% growth, the
growth in 2008 has slowed down to around 10%. We have assumed a growth rate of 15% for the
future projections.
SpiceJet
9%
Indigo
9%
Air India
18%
Jet
Airways
30%
Kingfisher
29%