Air travel in India rises in Oct despite high fares

New Delhi: Air travel in the country grew significantly last month despite high fares, with the total number of passengers carried by domestic carriers rising by over 17 per cent in October.
The total number of passengers flown by domestic carriers in October rose to 31,33,000 from 26,76,000 in the previous month, according to the official traffic data released today.
Premier private carrier Jet Airways continued to attract more passengers than any other domestic airline in the country, with 6,17,000 passengers using its service in the said period.
Jet was closely followed by Air India (domestic) with 5,65,000 and Kingfisher Airlines with 4,45,000.
Among the no-frill carriers, Air Deccan, now called Kingfisher Red, carried 4,18,000 passengers, cornering a market share of 13.3 per cent in October.
Jet garnered a market share of 19.7 per cent, while Air India (domestic) cornered 18 per cent and Kingfisher 14.2.
Air Deccan was followed by IndiGo with 4,02,000 air travellers, SpiceJet with 2,97,000, JetLite 2,54,000, GoAir 75,000, Paramount 50,000 and MDLR 7,000, the figures showed.
Air Deccan and IndiGo closely followed the full- service carriers to gain market shares of 13.3 and 12.8 per cent respectively.
No-frill carrier MDLR logged the maximum seat factor of 76.2 per cent, followed by 69.2 of Tamil Nadu-based all- business class Paramount Airways, 68.9 of JetLite and 66 of IndiGo.
12/11/08 Press Trust of India

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