The domestic air passenger count surged 3.87% in the month of August 2019. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) data, domestic airlines flew 117.93 lakh passengers in August 2019, as against 113.54 lakh passengers carried in the same month of last year. Further, passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-August 2019 were 943.58 lakh as against 913.95 lakh during the corresponding period of previous year, registering a growth of 3.24%
In terms of passenger load factor (PLF), SpiceJet was leading among all with 92.4% PLF during the month of August 2019, followed by Air Asia (87.8%), Go Air (87.5%), IndiGo (84.3%) and Vistara (81.8%). Further, the overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines for the month of August 2019 has been 1.61%.
In terms of on time performance (OTP), Go Air has taken lead from the rest with 85.1% of its flights arriving and departing as per schedule from four metro airports, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, followed by Air Asia (82.7%) and IndiGo (80.3%). During August 2019, a total of 760 passenger related complaints had been received by the scheduled domestic airlines. The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers carried for the month of August 2019 has been around 0.64.
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