Negative growth in domestic air traffic seen on account of Jet Airways grounding: ICRA

24 May 2019 Evaluate

The ratings agency, ICRA has said negative growth in domestic air traffic was seen on account of on Jet Airways grounding. The discontinuation of operations by Jet Airways has impacted about 14 per cent of the total industry capacity. The agency mentioned the moderation in capacity, which started in February when the now-defunct Jet Airways began grounding its fleet in a staggered manner and, which eventually led to shuttering of operations around mid-last month, has also resulted in an increase of 30-40 per cent in airfares in March as compared to September last year.

It further added that this, de-growth in domestic passenger traffic, is primarily attributable to adverse impact on the industry capacity which has been hit hard due to grounding of Jet Airways aircraft starting February on account of liquidity constraints and eventual discontinuation of its operations from April 18. However, the domestic passenger traffic remained on an upswing between July 2013 and March 2019, after witnessing year-on-year de-growth in June 2013.

Meanwhile, it said that the consequent increase in airfares due to the demand-supply imbalance has impacted the industry passenger load factors (PLFs). During April all airlines except GoAir have reported a year-on-year decline in PLFs. Overall, the domestic passenger traffic growth for January-April period has been muted at 2.5 per cent, significantly lower than the 24.6 per cent growth witnessed during the year-ago period.

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