Domestic air passenger traffic up by 33.67% MoM in October

The DGCA data showed that private airline SpiceJet had the maximum passenger load with an occupancy rate of 74.0 per cent in October. IndiGo had a load of 68.2 per cent, Vistara had 65.2 per cent and Air India had a passenger load of 62.1 per cent.

New Delhi: Domestic air traffic rise by 33.67 per cent month-on-month in October as Indian airlines carried 52.71 lakh passengers in the previous month, compared to 39.43 lakh in September, according to data released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

The DGCA data showed that private airline SpiceJet had the maximum passenger load with an occupancy rate of 74.0 per cent in October. IndiGo had a load of 68.2 per cent, Vistara had 65.2 per cent and Air India had a passenger load of 62.1 per cent.

Among all airlines, Indigo had the highest market share, accounting for 55.5 per cent of the passengers carried during October, followed by SpiceJet with 13.4 per cent and state-owned Air India with 9.4 per cent, DGCA data showed.

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According to DGCA, around 4.93 crore passengers were ferried by domestic airlines during January-October, registering a decline of 58.3 per cent from the same period a year ago.

On November 11, the government had allowed domestic airlines to operate at 70 per cent of their pre-COVID capacity, according to an official order.

Before that, the Ministry of Civil Aviation had permitted only 60 per cent capacity utilisation in the domestic sector with effect from September 2.India resumed domestic passenger flights on May 25 after a gap of two months amid the coronavirus pandemic.