Domestic air passenger traffic up 3.15 per cent in July

Domestic airlines flew 1.19 crore passengers in July this year registering a 3.15 per cent growth over the 1.15 crore passengers flown during the same period previous year.

Data released by the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation show that IndiGo retained the No.1 position in terms of number of passengers carried with 56.93 lakh, while SpiceJet came second flying 18.48 lakh passengers. GoAir flew 13.26 lakh passengers.

AirAsia carried 7.71 lakh passengers in July this year, while Vistara flew 7.15 lakh passengers.

SpiceJet reported the highest Passenger Load Factor (PLF) of 92.4 per cent among the domestic airlines in July followed by Go Air (90.4 per cent), Air Asia (89.5 per cent) IndiGo (89.5 per cent), and Vistara (82.4 per cent).