Poll effect: Air traffic picks up in April

New Delhi: Domestic air traffic marginally picked up in April, thanks to the increased travel during the poll season. April saw 33.6 lakh flyers, shed better than March's 32.21 lakh, though it was 11% down from last April's figure of 37.78 lakh, when air travel was booming.
In changing market dynamics, budget carriers are emerging as market leaders in terms of passenger load factor. Low-cost carriers like IndiGo, SpiceJet and JetLite managed to fill about 70% of their seats, while full service ones ranged from 59.9% for AI (domestic) to Jet's 65%. Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher continued to remain the leader in terms of market share at 26% and the Jet-JetLite was second at 24.1%.
Not having a domestic low cost carrier in its fold is costing Air India dear as its share was down to 17.6%.
14/05/09 Times of India

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General May 2009