India's domestic air passenger traffic up 25% in January: DGCA data

New Delhi: India's domestic air passenger traffic zoomed up by 25.13% during last month to 95.79 lakh, official data showed on Friday.

"Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January 2017 were 95.79 lakh as against 76.55 lakh during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering a growth of 25.13%," the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in its statistical analysis.

According to the data furnished by DGCA, domestic air passenger traffic had increased by 23.91% during December to 95.52 lakh from 77.09 lakh during the corresponding month last year.


In November 2016, the passenger traffic rose by 22.45% to 89.66 lakh.

The data showed that low-cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet had the highest passenger load factor (PLF) during the month under review at 93.6%.

In terms of PLF, SpiceJet was followed by budget passenger carriers GoAir at 90.8% and IndiGo at 90%.
18/02/17 IANS/Business Standard

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