NEW DELHI : The domestic air passenger traffic fell for the fourth consecutive month during September amidst market uncertainties in a slowing economy and a lean travel season, the monthly decline worsening to 2.20% as compared to 0.94% during the previous month.
Domestic scheduled carriers carried 11.53 million passengers in September, compared with 11.79 million passengers in August, showed data issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday. They had carried 11.90 million passengers in July.
“The numbers are disappointing. They have pulled down our projection and now, we peg (the yearly growth for 2019 at 4 to 6%). The good news is that we have managed to withstand the sad exit of Jet Airways and maintained a positive growth despite three months of negative or almost flat growth,” said a DGCA official, requesting anonymity.
