Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Domestic airlines fly 19 % more passengers in August

New Delhi:  Domestic airlines carried 67.6 lakh passengers in August, a 19 per cent increase from the same period last year.

The latest data from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) shows that IndiGo maintained its pole position carrying 23.9 lakh passengers or almost a third of the total traffic for the month, followed by Jet Airways (13.4 lakh passengers), Air India (11.3 lakh passengers) and SpiceJet (8.3 lakh passengers). GoAir flew 5.5 lakh passengers, Air Asia 1.3 lakh passengers and Vistara transported just under 1 lakh passengers.

Among regional airlines Air Costa carried 0.62 lakh passengers, while Air Pegasus ferried 0.14 lakh passengers, and new comer Truejet flew 0.18 lakh passengers.
22/09/15 Sanjay Vijayakumar/The Hindu
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