16.3.10

Air traffic grows 15.6% in February


Continuing the strong revival flight, domestic air travel has grown by 15.6% in February, with 39.15 lakh people flying within the country as compared to 33.85 lakh in the same month last year. More importantly, February’s figure was close to January’s 40.87 lakh and there was not a sharp drop after the peak winter travel season.Naresh Goyal’s Jet-JetLite combine remained the market leader with a 26.1% share and Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher at 22.7%. They maintained these strong figures, thanks to utilising most of their domestic fleet on low-cost carriers (LCCs) that have established their dominance in Indian skies. LCCs today account for over 70% of all domestic air travel. Air India (domestic), the only all full service domestic airline, logged 17.2% share in February. Jet Airways standalone had a 18.8% share.

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