Domestic air passenger traffic rises 9.1 per cent in January
Domesticairpassengertrafficrose9.1percentinJanuary,withthecountry'sairlinescarrying125.08lakhpassengersduringthemonth,accordingtoDGCAdatareleasedonWednesday.
DomesticairpassengertrafficinJanuarylastyearwas114.65lakh.
Themarketshareofno-frillsairlineIndiGoforJanuaryfellto42.5percentandthatofnationalcarrierAirIndiadroppedto12.2percent,showedthelatestdatabytheaviationregulator.
InDecemberlastyear,IndiGo'smarketsharewas43.2percentwhileAirIndia'smarketsharewas12.4percent.
TheJanuarydataoftheDirectorateGeneralofCivilAviation(DGCA)showedthatthemarketshareofSpiceJet,JetAirways,GoAir,AirAsia,Vistarastoodat13.3percent,11.9percent,8.7percent,5.3percentand3.8percent,respectively.
InDecemberlastyear,thesefiveairlineshadthemarketshareof12.3percent,12.2percent,8.8percent,5.3percentand3.8percent,respectively.
Lastmonth,atotalof917passenger-relatedcomplaintswerereceivedbythescheduleddomesticairlines.Thenumberofcomplaintsper10,000passengerscarriedforthemonthofJanuary,2019hasbeenaround0.73,theDGCAdatashowed.
Asmanyas3,156passengersweredeniedboardingand37,819flierswereimpactedbyflightcancellationsinJanuary.Further,2,64,724peoplewereaffectedbyflightdelayslastmonth.
ShilpaBhatia,theChiefSalesandRevenueOfficer,SpiceJet,onWednesdaysaid,"InJanuary2019werecordedaPLFof90.9%.Thisisthe46thmonthinarowthatSpiceJet,amongthemajorscheduledcarriers,hasflownwiththehighestloadsintheIndianskies."
PassengerLoadFactor(PLF)measuresthecapacityutilisationinanairline.
ThePLFofaplaneiscalculatedbyfirstdividingthenumberofpassengerstonumberofseatsinaplane,andthendividingtheresultingnumberby100.
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First Published: Feb 20 2019 | 4:20 PM IST