Average daily domestic passenger traffic in May not hit by Go First's exit

Other airlines' occupancy rate zooms past 90%

India’s average daily domestic passenger traffic in May stood at 425,148, a month-on-month decline of just 0.85 per cent after Go First’s exit, according to Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) data. However, the average number of daily domestic flights in India went down in May by 4.6 per cent month-on-month, according to the MoCA data that has been reviewed by Business Standard.

After Go First initiated an insolvency process and stopped operating flights May 3 onwards, the demand for seats on other airlines has gone up. Each airline in India recorded a load factor of more than 90 per cent