Air passenger traffic grows at slower pace

Airline passenger traffic grew at a slower pace in April compared with the first three months of the year as an increase in airfare because of higher fuel costs discouraged travellers.
Passenger traffic increased 11.5% to about 4.67 million in April from a year earlier, according to data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Passenger traffic rose 15-21% in the first three months of 2011.
Jet Airways (India) Ltd and its unit JetLite cornered a 24.8% market share in April followed by Kingfisher Airlines Ltd (20%) and InterGlobe Aviation Pvt. Ltd-run IndiGo (19.7%).?State-run Air India Ltd had a market share of 15.4%, SpiceJet Ltd had 13.6% and Wadia Group-owned GoAirlines (India) Pvt. Ltd had 6.4%.
Jet Airways had the lowest flight occupancy among the airlines at 66%, down from last year’s 74.2%, and JetLite’s fell to 72.1% from 78.1%.
Kingfisher Airlines was the only carrier to improve its flight occupancy, to 79.8% from 75.8%.
SpiceJet saw a drop to 71.7% from 81% and IndiGo slipped to 78.6% from 82.4%. GoAir remained at 78%.
27/05/11 Tarun Shukla/Live Mint

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General May 2011