As many as 63.54 (6.35 million) lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in November as compared to 52.71 lakh in October and 39.43 lakh in September. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the number of passengers travelled in November is less than 51 pe rcent as compared to the corresponding period last year.
The DGCA data showed that IndiGo carried 34.23 lakh passengers in November, a 53.9 per cent share of the total domestic market, SpiceJet flew 8.4 lakh passengers, which is 13.2 per cent share of the market. Air India, GoAir, AirAsia India and Vistara carried 6.56 lakh, 5.77 lakh, 4.21 lakh and 3.97 lakh passengers respectively in November, the data showed. The occupancy rate or load factor of six major Indian airlines was between 66.3 and 77.7 per cent in November, it stated.
