Domestic aviation traffic in the country continues to record growth as passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-October 2022 were 9.88 crore as against 6.20 crore during the corresponding period of the previous year, thereby registering an annual growth of 59.16 percent and monthly growth of 26.95 percent.
As per the data released by aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday, nearly 1.14 crore passengers were carried by domestic airlines during October in the country as against 89.85 lakh during the same period last year.
The passenger load factor or occupancy of the airlines remained on the higher side in the range of 75 to 85 percent. The newly launched Akasa Air marked an occupancy of 77.5 percent during October.
Spicejet recorded the highest occupancy of 88.1 percent while Indigo witnessed 82.1 percent passenger load factor during October. Air India had 82.7 percent and GoFirst had 86.7 percent occupancy during the month.
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Industry sources said that the number of Covid-19 cases has recorded a downward trend in the last couple of weeks resulting in the restoration of normalcy in aviation traffic. Moreover, the government has also gradually done away with various restrictions.
Recently, wearing masks is not mandatory on flights. Earlier, the aviation regulator announced the removal of lower and upper limits on airfares after discussions among the stakeholders including government authorities and airlines. Carriers were of the view that removal of the pricing caps is required for the full-fledged recovery of domestic air traffic.
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