India`s domestic passenger traffic surges 11.06% to 116 lakh in November: DGCA
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in its latest data has said India's domestic passenger traffic rose 11.06 per cent to 116 lakh in November 2022 over the year-ago period. In November 2021, the air passenger traffic stood at 105.16 lakh. After being severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the country's civil aviation sector is on the recovery path and in recent days, daily domestic air traffic on an average is more than 4 lakh.
Further, it stated in November, no-frills carrier IndiGo carried more than half (55.7 per cent) of the total domestic traffic at 65.01 lakh passengers, followed by Vistara at 9.3 per cent. The latter carried 10.87 lakh passengers. Air India's market share in November touched 9.1 per cent, followed by AirAsia India (7.6 per cent), Go First and SpiceJet (both at 7.5 per cent).
Besides, it mentioned SpiceJet recorded the highest load factor at 92 per cent in November, while IndiGo regained back the top position in on-time performance with an average 92 per cent of its flights departing or arriving on time from four key airports-Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
