India’s Domestic Air Traffic posts double-digit growth in November
India’s industrial airways flew 1.42 crore passengers on home routes in November this yr, which represents a strong 12 per cent enhance in comparison with the identical month within the earlier yr, in keeping with figures compiled by the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Nevertheless, the On Time Efficiency (OTP) of scheduled home airways at Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai declined throughout November with passengers going through longer delays.
IndiGo maintained its place because the market chief with a 63.6 per cent share of air site visitors, adopted by Air India (24.4 per cent), Akasa Air (4.7 per cent) and SpiceJet (3.1 per cent). The market share of Alliance Air stayed flat at 0.7 per cent in the course of the month.
“Passengers carried by home airways throughout January-November 2024 had been 1,464.02 lakh as towards 1,382.34 lakh in the course of the corresponding interval of the earlier yr thereby registering an annual development of 5.91 per cent and month-to-month development of 11.90 per cent,” in keeping with the DGCA report.
Home air passenger site visitors was at 142.52 lakh in November in comparison with 127.36 lakh in the identical interval a yr in the past. The variety of flyers that took to Indian skies in Nov was additionally greater than the corresponding determine of 1.36 crore for October.
Nevertheless, the On Time Efficiency (OTP) of scheduled home airways at Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai declined throughout November with passengers going through longer delays.
IndiGo’s OTP stood at 74.5 per cent whereas that of Akasa Air and SpiceJet touched 66.4 per cent and 62.5 per cent, respectively. The OTP of Air India and Alliance Air had been at 58.8 per cent and 58.9 per cent, respectively, the information confirmed.
The figures additionally confirmed that 2,24,904 passengers had been hit by delays in November. The airways paid up near Rs 2.9 crore in the direction of the facilitation of stranded passengers. As many as 624 passenger-related complaints had been obtained by the scheduled home airways throughout November.
A complete of three,539 passengers had been denied boarding in November and an expenditure of Rs 2.84 crore was incurred by airways for compensating and offering amenities to them. The figures additionally confirmed that 27,577 passengers had been affected by flight cancellations for which airways spent Rs 36.79 lakh as compensation and offering amenities.