Domestic air traffic falls 5% in June: Portals

Mumbai: Higher ticket prices and lower capacity led to a decline in the number of airline passengers in June, according to various online travel portals.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which is yet to release the data for June, had said passengers flown by domestic airlines had declined to 5.44 million in May 2012, against 5.49 million in the year-ago period, a fall of one per cent. “Domestic passenger traffic seems to have fallen about five per cent year-on-year because of increased fares, which are 30 per cent higher than last year,” said Sharat Dhall, President (online), Yatra.Com.
Given online travel portals account for 15-18 per cent of total domestic airline ticket sales, the overall fall in airline passenger traffic could be about one per cent, said an aviation expert.
17/07/12 Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jul 2012