Domestic airlines flew 95.52 lakh passengers in December last year, an
increase of almost 24 per cent over the 77.09 lakh passengers carried in
December 2015.
The latest data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation shows that IndiGo flew 38.48 lakh passengers in December last year retaining its position as market leader in terms of maximum number of passengers carried by a single airline in a month. Jet Airways took the second spot having carried 14.60 lakh passengers followed by Air India (13.35 lakh passengers) and SpiceJet (12.10 lakh passengers).
SpiceJet reported the highest passenger load factor of 93.7 per cent among the domestic carriers followed by IndiGo (91.4 per cent), GoAir (90.7 per cent), AirAsia India (86.3 per cent) and Jet Airways (86.1 per cent). Passenger load factor shows how many of the total seats on offer by each airline are getting filled.
The industry paid a whopping ₹ 4.49 crore as compensation to over 3.28 lakh passengers affected by denied board, cancellations and delays. Of these over 3 lakh passengers were affected by delays for which airlines paid a cumulative amount of ₹ 1.76 crore for providing facilities to passengers affected by delays.
To Read the News in Full 17/01/17 The Hindu Business Line
The latest data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation shows that IndiGo flew 38.48 lakh passengers in December last year retaining its position as market leader in terms of maximum number of passengers carried by a single airline in a month. Jet Airways took the second spot having carried 14.60 lakh passengers followed by Air India (13.35 lakh passengers) and SpiceJet (12.10 lakh passengers).
SpiceJet reported the highest passenger load factor of 93.7 per cent among the domestic carriers followed by IndiGo (91.4 per cent), GoAir (90.7 per cent), AirAsia India (86.3 per cent) and Jet Airways (86.1 per cent). Passenger load factor shows how many of the total seats on offer by each airline are getting filled.
The industry paid a whopping ₹ 4.49 crore as compensation to over 3.28 lakh passengers affected by denied board, cancellations and delays. Of these over 3 lakh passengers were affected by delays for which airlines paid a cumulative amount of ₹ 1.76 crore for providing facilities to passengers affected by delays.
To Read the News in Full 17/01/17 The Hindu Business Line
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