India’s air traffic grew by over 18 per
cent in October compared to same period last year, according to latest data
released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Domestic airlines flew 59.25 lakh
passengers in October this year registering a growth of 18.31 per cent over the
50.08 lakh passengers flown during the same period in the previous year.
However, the total number of passengers
carried by domestic airlines during January-October period was 550.68 lakh as
against 507.03 lakh during the corresponding period of 2013, registering a
growth of 8.61 per cent.
Though no-frills airline IndiGo
continued to remain the market leader having flown 18.90 lakh passengers during
the month, its passenger load factor was just over 76 per cent compared to Air
India’s 83.5 per cent, the highest among all Indian carriers.
Air India, which carried 11.56 lakh passengers, took the second spot followed by SpiceJet, which carried 10.27 lakh passengers with Jet Airways 9.73 lakh taking the fourth spot, the figures showed.
GoAir flew 5.04 lakh passengers, Jet’s
low-cost arm JetLite flew 2.42 lakh, Air Costa (0.67 lakh) and Air Asia (0.66
lakh) being neck and neck the data shows.
In October, the airlines paid Rs 88.67 lakh as compensation to over 1,800 passengers who were denied boarding apart from paying another Rs 58.20 lakh as compensation and facilities to over 9,700 passengers affected by cancellations.
In October, the airlines paid Rs 88.67 lakh as compensation to over 1,800 passengers who were denied boarding apart from paying another Rs 58.20 lakh as compensation and facilities to over 9,700 passengers affected by cancellations.
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