High air fares and capacity constraint decelerated India’s domestic air passenger traffic growth in March, official data showed on Monday.
As per data of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the air passenger traffic growth rate in March rose to a mere 0.14 per cent to 115.96 lakh from 115.80 lakh reported for the corresponding month of the previous fiscal.
In February, the number of passengers flown by domestic airlines grew at 5.62 per cent to 1.13 crore on a year-on-year basis.
“The passenger load factor in the month of March 2019 has shown decreasing trend compared to previous month due to end of vacation period of various sectors,” the DGCA said in its monthly traffic data analysis.
