Airlines flew 97.05 thousand passengers in July.
New Delhi:
Indian airlines carried 1.01 crore passengers in August, reflecting a growth of more than 4% in domestic air traffic compared to the previous month.
Airlines flew 97.05 thousand passengers in July.
“Passengers carried by domestic airlines between January and August 2022 were 770.70 lakh compared to 460.45 lakh in the corresponding period of the previous year, thereby recording growth. annual growth rate of 67.38% and monthly growth of 50.96%,” the DGCA said on Friday.
In August, IndiGo remained the country’s largest airline with a market share of 57.7%, followed by Vistara with 9.7%, lower than the 10.4% registered in July, according to data from the company. DGCA.
IndiGo’s market share has dropped from 58.8% in July.
The country’s new airline Akasa, which started operations on August 7, has a market share of 0.2%.
Last month, Air Asia ranked first in On-Time Performance (OTP) while SpiceJet had the highest passenger load factor.
After being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s civil aviation sector is on the cusp of recovery.
Figures from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) show that Go First’s market share increased to 8.6% in August from 8.2% in July. During the same period, Air India’s market share increased slightly from 8.4% to 8.5%.
SpiceJet saw its market share drop to 7.9% in August from 8% in July, and during the same period, Air Asia’s market share rose to 5.8% from 4.6%.
According to the data, Alliance Air’s market share remained flat at 1.2% in August.
In terms of OTP, Air Asia leads with 93.3%, followed by Vistara (91.4%), Air India (87.9%), and IndiGo (85.5%). SpiceJet OTP is 79.1%, Go First 74.9% and Alliance Air 72.1%.
OTP for scheduled domestic airlines is calculated for four metro airports – Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
SpiceJet had the highest passenger load factor at 84.6% in August while Vistara and IndiGo’s were 84.4% and 78.3% respectively.
Passenger load factor, an indicator of seat occupancy, is 81.6% for Go First, 73.6% for Air India, 74.9% for Air Asia and 65.5% for Alliance. Air.
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