Domestic air passenger volume rises 12.91% during December 2018

22 Jan 2019 Evaluate

The domestic air passenger count has gone up by 12.91% in the month of December 2018. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) data, domestic airlines flew 126.93 lakh passengers in December 2018, as against 112.42 lakh passengers carried in the same month of last year.

As per the report, the domestic air passenger count increased 18.60% during the period of January- December 2018. Indian carriers carried 1389.76 lakh passengers during January- December 2018 as against 1171.76 lakh during the corresponding period of previous year. Further, in terms of passenger load factor (PLF), SpiceJet was leading among all with 92.7% PLF during the month of December 2018, followed by IndiGo (88.9%), Air Asia (88.8%), Go Air (88.5%) and Jet Airways (87.0%).

In terms of on time performance (OTP), Go Air has taken lead from the rest with 83% of its flights arriving and departing as per schedule from four metro airports, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, followed by SpiceJet (77.9%) and Vistara (77.7%). During December 2018, a total of 803 passenger related complaints had been received by the scheduled domestic airlines. The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers carried for the month of December 2018 has been around 0.63.

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