Domestic airlines carry 33% more passengers in Dec

New Delhi: December proved to be the best month for the domestic aviation industry that flew 44.87 lakh passengers, an increase of 33 per cent from 33.73 lakh flown in December 2008, the latest data released by the Director-General of Civil Aviation show. Previously, the maximum number of passengers flown in a month was 40.29 lakh in October 2009.
The data show that only two airlines — the Chennai-based Paramount Airways and Kingfisher Airlines — reported a decline in the number of passengers flown in the first quarter of 2009 and the last quarter. While Kingfisher flew almost 100,000 fewer passengers in the last quarter than the 26.76 lakh passengers flown in the first quarter, Paramount carried about 18,000 fewer passengers in the fourth quarter having flown 1.83 lakh passengers against 2.01 lakh carried in the first quarter.
In absolute number terms, Jet Airways flew 6.44 lakh more passengers during the fourth quarter compared with the first quarter while Air India carried 6.24 lakh more passengers during the period. December, however, was a good month for the industry with ticket prices soaring on increased demand.
13/01/10 Business Line

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jan 2010