New Delhi: National carrier Air India today said it had achieved a passenger load factor (PLF) of 73.2 per cent for its domestic flights in September, beating India’s biggest low-frill carrier IndiGo Airlines, which clocked 70.3 per cent PLF.
Mumbai-based GoAir, however, had achieved maximum occupancy at 79 per cent.
Passenger load factor is an indicator of occupancy in an aircraft.
IndiGo, however, managed to keep the top spot with the largest market share of 30.3 per cent, followed by Air India’s domestic operations (20.3 per cent), Jet Airways (19.1 per cent), SpiceJet (17.3 per cent), GoAir (7.5 per cent) and JetLite (5.5 per cent).
According to monthly data from the civil aviation ministry, domestic air passenger traffic jumped 13.4 per cent in September to 45.55 lakh from 40.18 lakh carried during the corresponding month last year.
Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-September 2013 was up 4.2 per cent at 456.95 lakh from 438.40 lakh in the same period last year.
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