India Ministry of Civil Aviation: monthly traffic report Oct-2012

As per the passenger traffic data submitted by various domestic airlines, the total domestic passengers carried by the scheduled domestic airlines in the month of October 2012 were 45.55 lakhs. The total domestic passengers carried by the scheduled domestic airlines in the month of September 2012 were 40.18 lakhs. This shows that 5.37 lakh more passengers travelled in the month of October 2012 compared to September 2012. The break-up for the month of October 2012 is as follows:

Air India - 9.49 lakhs, Jet Airways -8.24 lakhs, Jet Lite - 3.00 lakhs, IndiGo - 12.66 lakhs, Spice Jet - 8.69 lakhs, Go Air - 3.47 lakhs, Kingfisher - Nil, Mantra- 0.001 lakhs.

However, the number of passengers carried by the domestic airlines was 483.94 lakhs between January-October 2012 as against 496.19 lakhs during the corresponding period of the previous year showing the growth of -2.47%.

The market share of scheduled domestic airlines for the month of October 2012 is as follows: Air India- 20.8%, Jet Airways-18.1%, JetLite-6.6%, IndiGo-27.8%, Spice Jet- 19.1%, Go Air- 7.6% and Kingfisher- Nil.

Air India's Domestic Passenger Market Share Increases to 20.8% in October 2012;
Shows Consistent Increase Over the Last Six Months; Civil Aviation Minister Asks The Airline to Aggressively Implement its Customer Friendly Initiatives

The domestic passenger data for the last six months shows consistent increase in the market share of Air India. It has risen from 16.2% in May 2012 to 20.8% in October 2012. For the months of June, July, August and September 2012 the market share of Air India was 16.8%, 18.2%, 18.2% and 19.3% respectively.

As compared to October 2011 also, the market share of Air India has shown considerable improvement rising from 16.6% to 20.8%. Further, during October 2012 the airline carried 9.49 lakh passengers as compared to 8.98 lakh passengers carried in October 2011. The passenger load factor of Air India has also improved reaching 74.7% in October 2012 from 64.7% in July 2012. The on-time performance of the airline has also improved during the last three months ranging between 84% and 87%.

Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Ajit Singh has asked Air India to further improve its passenger load factor and on-time performance while aggressively implementing its various customer friendly initiatives. Air India had recently taken several customer-friendly measures including launch of customer friendly fare schemes, ensuring maintenance of aircraft schedules coupled with improved utilization of its aircrafts. It is also noteworthy that free allowance for excess baggage in Air India has also been stopped at the initiative of the Minister.