Mumbai: Domestic air traffic in India increased by 7.3 per cent as compared to the year-ago period. Indian airlines carried over 1.29 crore passengers in July. Data released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed this. However, the air traffic in July was lower compared to 1.32 crore people carried by the domestic airlines in June this year.
The market share of IndiGo surged 62 per cent in July while that of Air India dropped to 14.3 per cent. Last month, the domestic market share of Vistara climbed to 10 per cent while that of AIX Connect and SpiceJet declined to 4.5 per cent and 3.1 per cent, respectively. Also, Akasa Air and Alliance Air’s share slipped to 4.7 per cent and 0.9 per cent, respectively.
‘Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-July 2024 were 923.35 lakh as against 881.94 lakh during the corresponding period of the previous year thereby registering an annual growth of 4.70 per cent and monthly growth of 7.33 per cent,’ DGCA said.
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In July, domestic air traffic touched 129.87 lakh compared to 132.06 lakh in June this year and 121 lakh in July 2023.
As per data, 1,114 passengers were denied boarding and airlines doled out Rs 112.71 lakh towards compensation and facilities. As many as 1,54,770 passengers were affected by cancellations and carriers spent Rs 110.59 lakh for compensation and facilities in this regard.
On account of flight delays, 3,20,302 passengers were impacted in July and airlines shelled out Rs 341.05 lakh towards facilitation. Last month, the overall cancellation rate of the airlines touched 1.90 per cent.
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