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NEW DELHI: Domestic air travel not only recovered to pre-Covid levels but also crossed that last year. January-December 2023 saw 15.2 crore domestic air travellers – highest ever annual figure recorded in India – according to DGCA data issued Monday. In pre-Covid calendar year 2019, this number was 14.4 crore.
After crashing to 6.3 crore in 2020, which had seen a two-month suspension of regular flights during the national lockdown, domestic air travel showed smart recovery to 8.4 crore in 2021 and then reached 12.3 crore in 2022.IndiGo’s market share in CY 2023 was 60.5%. The combined domestic share of the three Tata group airlines- Air India (9.7%), Vistara (9.1%) and AIX Connect (7.2%) – was 26%. SpiceJet and Akasa’s market share was 5.5% and 4.1%, respectively. Other airlines accounted for the remaining 3.9%.
Foggy December saw on-time performance (OTP) of airlines fall sharply, ranging from Akasa’s 72.7% for its domestic flights to Vistara’s 70.8%. IndiGo’s OTP was 68%, follwed by AIX Connect 65.7% and AI 52.4%. Among big airlines, SpiceJet’s OTP was the lowest last month at just 29.9%
DGCA data shows over 3.6 lakh domestic passengers faced flight delays last month and airlines spent over Rs 5.4 crore on their “facilitation.”
The number of aircraft in 2023 was 23% higher than 2022 and 5% higher than the pre- Covid year of 2019. As per DGCA report, air traffic has grown over 147% in 10 years from 2013. DGCA statistics also showed that December saw the highest monthly air traffic at 13.8 million, which was 8.3% higher than 2022 and 6% higher than the same period in the pre-Covid year (2019).
The DGCA report stated that Akasa Air’s passenger load factor was 93.9% – highest as compared to 85.6% in November and Air India’s load factor was 88.2% in December as compared to 84.8% in November.
After crashing to 6.3 crore in 2020, which had seen a two-month suspension of regular flights during the national lockdown, domestic air travel showed smart recovery to 8.4 crore in 2021 and then reached 12.3 crore in 2022.IndiGo’s market share in CY 2023 was 60.5%. The combined domestic share of the three Tata group airlines- Air India (9.7%), Vistara (9.1%) and AIX Connect (7.2%) – was 26%. SpiceJet and Akasa’s market share was 5.5% and 4.1%, respectively. Other airlines accounted for the remaining 3.9%.
Foggy December saw on-time performance (OTP) of airlines fall sharply, ranging from Akasa’s 72.7% for its domestic flights to Vistara’s 70.8%. IndiGo’s OTP was 68%, follwed by AIX Connect 65.7% and AI 52.4%. Among big airlines, SpiceJet’s OTP was the lowest last month at just 29.9%
DGCA data shows over 3.6 lakh domestic passengers faced flight delays last month and airlines spent over Rs 5.4 crore on their “facilitation.”
The number of aircraft in 2023 was 23% higher than 2022 and 5% higher than the pre- Covid year of 2019. As per DGCA report, air traffic has grown over 147% in 10 years from 2013. DGCA statistics also showed that December saw the highest monthly air traffic at 13.8 million, which was 8.3% higher than 2022 and 6% higher than the same period in the pre-Covid year (2019).
The DGCA report stated that Akasa Air’s passenger load factor was 93.9% – highest as compared to 85.6% in November and Air India’s load factor was 88.2% in December as compared to 84.8% in November.
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