Air traffic takes a dive for third straight month

New Delhi: In what could be seen as a harbinger of tough times ahead for air carriers, the domestic air passenger traffic has fallen for the third consecutive month this year since May, according to data released by the union civil aviation ministry.
The number of passengers who flew in July was 45.37 lakhs, down 3.84 per cent from 51.08 lakhs in June, and 54.48 lakhs in May. The figure for June and May last year were 53.12 lakhs and 54.96 lakhsrespectively.
The cumulative data for the period January to July this year was encouraging, as the number of passengers who flew stood at 354.52 lakhs, up 1.74 per cent from 348.47 lakhs in the correspoding period last year. The respective share of the carriers were IndiGo (27 per cent), Jet Airways (19.4 per cent), Air India (18.2 per cent), SpiceJet (17.8 per cent), JetLite (7.2 percent), Go Air ( 7 per cent) and Kingfisher Airlines 3.4 per cent.
17/08/12 Deccan Herald

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Aug 2012