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Domestic air passenger traffic rises mere 0.1% in March 2019

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Last Updated : Apr 22 2019 | 7:50 PM IST

Indigo posts strong 18.9% growth in the passenger traffic to 54.41 lakh in March 2019

The air passenger traffic of domestic airlines has increased at slow pace of 0.1% to 115.96 lakh in March 2019 over 115.80 lakh in March 2018. Air Asia has posted strong 31.1% growth in the passenger traffic to 6.87 lakh, while gained share to 5.9% in March 2019. Trujet also posted strong 25.6% growth in the passenger traffic to 0.54 lakh, followed by Indigo 18.9% to 54.41 lakh and Vistara 10.9% to 4.90 lakh, Further, the passenger traffic of Go Air jumped 10.5% to 11.49 lakh and Spice Jet 7.3% to 15.81 lakh.

However, the passenger traffic of Jet Airways declined -69.2% to 5.37 lakh, Jet Lite -27.2% to 1.34 lakh and Air India -2.2% to 15.19 lakh in March 2019 over March 2018.

The cumulative air passenger traffic of domestic airlines increased 4.9% to 354.53 lakh in January-March 2019 over 337.89 lakh in January-March 2018.

The airline wise seat load factor was Air India at 80.8%, Jet Airways 86.7%, Jet Lite 87.5%, Spice Jet 93.0%, Go Air 91.4%, Indigo 86.0%, Air Asia 87.5%, Vistara 86.8%, Trujet 73.2% and Star Air 53.8% in March 2019.

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First Published: Apr 22 2019 | 7:39 PM IST

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