Mumbai: India's domestic air passenger traffic rose 11.06 percent to 116 lakhs in November over the year-ago period, according to the latest data from aviation regulator DGCA. In November 2021, the air passenger traffic stood at 105.16 lakh. The data showed that domestic carriers carried 116.79 lakh passengers in November which was higher than 114.07 lakh recorded in October.
After being severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the country's civil aviation sector is on the recovery path and in recent days, daily domestic air traffic on an average is more than four lakhs.
In November, no-frills carrier IndiGo carried more than half (55.7 percent) of the total domestic traffic at 65.01 lakh passengers, followed by Vistara at 9.3 percent. The latter carried 10.87 lakh passengers. Air India's market share in November touched 9.1 percent, followed by AirAsia India (7.6 percent), Go First and SpiceJet (both at 7.5 percent).
Air India along with Vistara and AirAsia, which are now part of the same group, flew a total of 30.35 lakh passengers in November with a combined market share of 26 percent, as per the data.
Budget carrier SpiceJet recorded the highest load factor at 92 percent in November while IndiGo regained back the top position in on-time performance with an average 92 percent of its flights departing or arriving on time from four key airports including, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, according to data.
In a statement, IndiGo President and Chief Operating Officer Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said that despite numerous challenges, the team has devised and successfully executed its plan to ensure the passenger experience, consistency and operational efficiency that IndiGo is renowned for.
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