Domestic airlines register decline in passenger traffic

Domestic passengers flown by Indian carriers declined marginally in the first four months of this year compared to last year, even during peak season operations.
Official statistics released today showed that domestic passenger traffic between January and April this year fell to 202.89 lakh as against 203.60 lakh during the same period last year, registering a negative growth of 0.35 per cent.
The month-on-month air traffic fell 0.27 per cent in April to 50.77 lakh compared to 50.91 lakh in the same month last year, a fall of 0.27 per cent. The decline came during the peak travel season that begins in April.

No-frill carrier IndiGo continued to corner the largest market share of 29.8 per cent, followed by Jet Airways-JetLite combine at 22.6 per cent, SpiceJet 19.6 per cent, Air India Domestic 19.2 and Go Air at 8.9 per cent.
The data showed that the passenger load factor or the percentage of seats filled on an average flight was the highest for IndiGo at 83.8 per cent, followed by 79.5 for GoAir, 78.9 for Air India, 75 for SpiceJet, 71 for JetLite and 69.4 for Jet Airways.