26.12.10

Air traffic up 25% in November

The aviation sector continues to fly high with air traffic for November growing close to 25% compared with the same month last year. This is the eleventh straight month to witness an uptrend in domestic air traffic. Between January and November this year, domestic airlines have flown 46.8 million passengers, up 19% compared with the same period in 2009, monthly data released by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed. Naresh Goyal-owned Jet Airways maintained its position as the leading carrier with a 26.2% market share, while Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines came second with 19.1% share. Low-cost airline IndiGo pipped national carrier Air India in November from the third spot, by retaining 17.3% share. November being a traditionally high-demand month recorded good seat factor too. Seat factor or load factor (PLF) refers to capacity utilisation of an airline. Delhi-based low cost carrier (LCC) IndiGo registered the highest seat factor at 91% for November. Another Delhi-based LCC SpiceJet had the second-highest load factor at 87.5%, while Kingfisher Airlines came third with 86.7% occupancy.

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