Domestic air passenger volume falls 4.50% during April

23 May 2019 Evaluate

The domestic air passenger count fell 4.50% in the month of April 2019. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) data, domestic airlines flew 109.95 lakh passengers in April 2019, as against 115.13 lakh passengers carried in the same month of last year. However, passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-April 2019 were 464.47 lakh as against 453.03 lakh during the corresponding period of previous year, registering a growth of 2.53%.

In terms of passenger load factor (PLF), SpiceJet was leading among all with 93.7% PLF during the month of April 2019, followed by Go Air (90.8%), IndiGo (87.8%), Vistara (84.6%) and Air Asia (84.4%). The passenger load factor in the month of April 2019 has shown decreasing trend compared to previous month due to end of vacation period of various sectors. Further, the overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines for the month of April 2019 has been 0.76%.

In terms of on time performance (OTP), Go Air has taken lead from the rest with 96.3% of its flights arriving and departing as per schedule from four metro airports, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, followed by Air Asia (93.0%) and Vistara (92.8%). During April 2019, a total of1218 passenger related complaints had been received by the scheduled domestic airlines. The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers carried for the month of April 2019 has been around 1.11.

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