Air passenger traffic News

Newly launched airline Akasa Air carried 6.59 lakh to get a 4.7 per cent share of the market pie while Ajay Singh-led budget airline SpiceJet flew 4.54 lakh passengers which gives it a market share of 3.2 per cent, 

For the eight months this fiscal (April-November), domestic air passenger traffic was 1074.9 lakh, with a YoY growth of 6.7 per cent and 12.3 per cent higher than the pre-Covid level of 957 lakh in the first eight months in FY2020. 

As per a new ICRA study, the Indian air passenger traffic has smoothly registered a hike of 2.3 per cent in May in comparison to the month of April

Data from International Air Transport Association (IATA) reveals that India is becoming a major global aviaiton market with an ever-increasing demand for air transportation.

DGCA data shows nearly 1.14 crore passengers were carried by domestic airlines during October in the country as against 89.85 lakh during the corresponding period last year, reports IANS.

Passenger traffic is recovering after the Covid-19 pandemic The aviation sector is anticipated to carry 400 million passengers CANSO's members support over 90 percent of the world`s air traffic

In terms of on-time performance, IndiGo is at the top with 83.9 percent of its flights arriving and departing as per schedule.

Despite the demonetisation move that was said to have affected some sectors of the India, Indians were the top flyers in the month of November 2016 with the domestic air passenger traffic growing a huge 22.3 percent during the month.

Gulf carrier Etihad Airways along with partner Jet Airways has carried a record 3.3 million people between Abu Dhabi and India in 2015, registering a 63 per cent growth in passenger traffic.

India recorded the strongest growth during the month with domestic air traffic spiking 13.2 percent, followed by China and Russia.