India’s domestic passenger volume rose by 65% to 10 million in September: DGCA

According to a data released by aviation safety regulator, DGCA, domestic air passenger volume grew by 64.61 percent to reach 10.35 million

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19 Oct 2022, 3:51 pm

Mumbai: According to data released by aviation safety regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), domestic air passenger volume increased by 64.61 percent to reach 10.35 million in September over the same period last year on Wednesday. Indian domestic carriers (excluding newly launched Akasa Air) had flown a total of 7.66 million passengers on the local routes, the data showed.

Akasa Air commenced its flight services on domestic routes from August 7 this year.

The average passenger load factor of these carriers stood at 77.5 percent against 72.5 percent PLF delivered in August 2022, the DGCA data showed.

PLF is an airline metric that measures how much of an airline's passenger carrying capacity is used.

Mapping the performance of major domestic airlines

In terms of market share, leading carrier IndiGo cornered 57 percent of the total domestic traffic pie, carrying 59.72 lakh passengers across its domestic network followed by full-service carrier Vistara, which flew 9.96 lakh passengers with 9.6 percent market share.

The combined market share of Vistara, Air India and AirAsia India stood at 24.7 percent in September.

Besides, Vistara also had the best on-time performance with 91 percent of its flights arriving and departing from four key airports — Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru — on time.

In Vistara, Tata Group holds 49 percent while in AirAsia India, it has 83.67 percent holding.

Moreover, Tata Group regained the control of Air India on January 27 this year following its privatisation.

(With PTI inputs)

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