Wednesday, August 19, 2015

July air passenger traffic up 29 percent; SpiceJet leads the pack

New Delhi: Domestic air passenger traffic increased by 29 percent during July to 67.45 lakh with SpiceJet leading the pack with 93.4 percent capacity utilisation, official data showed on Tuesday.

The domestic passenger traffic during the corresponding month of last year stood at 52.16 lakh.

The data furnished by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed that the passenger traffic during January-July period grew by 21.13 percent.

"Passengers carried by domestic airlines during Jan-Jul 2015 were 455.78 lakh as against 376.28 lakh during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering a growth of 21.13 percent," the DGCA said in its statistical analysis for the last month.

During June, passenger traffic had risen by 16.03 percent to 66.01 lakh from 56.89 lakh in the corresponding month last year.
18/08/15 IANS/Business Standard
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