Airlines passenger traffic picks up

Mumbai, New Delhi: On the back drop of competitive fares offerings, airlines have recorded improvement in load factors due to pick up in consumer demand. Private carrier Jet Airways has reported a 33% increase in its domestic passenger traffic and 19% surge in its international traffic in November 2009 as compared to the same period last year.
According to the statistics released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), national carrier Air India had a seat factor of 72.8% for October as compared to 67.5% in September, Paramount Airways seats factor has also jumped from 84.2% in September to 86.2% in October. Low cost airline Go Air has also recorded a seat factor of 79.9% as against 77.2% according to the statistics released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The November figures are yet to be released.
Meanwhile, due to improvement in load factors, Jet Airways, which had launched its low-cost carrier Jet Konnect in May this year and operates 195 daily flights (around two-third of its total flights) under that brand, now plans to convert some flights back to its full-service brand Jet Airways.
Nikos Kardassis, CEO, Jet Airways told FE that the restructuring involved a series of route rationalisations, trimming of strategic costs, streamlining of processes, addition of new routes and an enhanced customer experience.
08/12/09 Financial Express

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Dec 2009