Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Domestic air passenger traffic rises 9.1 per cent in January

New Delhi: Domestic air passenger traffic rose 9.1 per cent in January, with the country's airlines carrying 125.08 lakh passengers during the month, according to DGCA data released on Wednesday.

Domestic air passenger traffic in January last year was 114.65 lakh.

The market share of no-frills airline IndiGo for January fell to 42.5 per cent and that of national carrier Air India dropped to 12.2 per cent, showed the latest data by the aviation regulator.

In December last year, IndiGo's market share was 43.2 per cent while Air India's market share was 12.4 per cent.

The January data of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed that the market share of SpiceJet, Jet Airways, GoAir, Air Asia, Vistara stood at 13.3 per cent, 11.9 per cent, 8.7 per cent, 5.3 per cent and 3.8 per cent, respectively.

In December last year, these five airlines had the market share of 12.3 per cent, 12.2 per cent, 8.8 per cent, 5.3 per cent and 3.8 per cent, respectively.

Last month, a total of 917 passenger-related complaints were received by the scheduled domestic airlines. The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers carried for the month of January, 2019 has been around 0.73, the DGCA data showed.
Domestic air passenger traffic rises 9.1 per cent in January
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