Domestic air passenger traffic moved up 23.2% to 998.88 lakh in 2016
The domestic carriers posted strong 23.9% growth in traffic to 95.52 lakh passengers in December 2016, over 77.09 lakh passengers ferried in the corresponding previous month, as per the data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).The domestic air passenger traffic moved up 23.2% to 998.88 lakh in 2016 over 810.91 lakh air passenger traffic handled in 2015. Air India posted 9.7% growth in air passenger traffic to 146.3 lakh, while private carrier recorded robust growth of 25.8% in domestic air passenger traffic at 852.58 lakh in 2016.
The DGCA data revealed that IndiGo maintained its leadership position, with a market share of 40.3% of the total domestic traffic, followed by Jet Airways at 15.3% and Air India 14.0%. The market share of Spice Jet stood at 12.7%, Go Air 8.2%, Vistara 3.2%, Air Asia 2.9%, Jet Lite 2.6% and Air Costa 0.5% in December 2016.
Among the airlines, Vistara has posted robust air passenger traffic growth of 92.4% to 3.04 lakh in December 2016, followed by Air Asia 52.2% to 2.77 lakh, IndiGo 40.3% to 38.48 lakh and Spice Jet 24.0% to 12.10 lakh. The domestic air passenger traffic of Go Air also increased 22.2% to 7.81 lakh, Jet Lite 12.8% to 2.46 lakh, Trujet 10.7% to 0.31 lakh, Jet Airways 4.0% to 14.60 lakh and Air India 3.9% to 13.35 lakh. However, the passenger traffic of Air Costa declined 9.1% to 0.50 lakh in December 2016.
The carrier wise seat load factor for Spice Jet stood at 93.7%, IndiGo 91.4%, Go Air 90.7%, Air Asia 86.3%, Jet Airways 86.1%, Jet Lite 85.7%, Vistara 85.1%, Air India 81.4%, Trujet 79.1%, Air Costa 76.9% and Air Carnival 58.9% in December 2016.
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