India’s domestic pax up 16% to 8.7m in Feb-2017

India's Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) reported (19-Mar-2017) the following Indian domestic traffic highlights in Feb-2017:

• Passenger numbers: 8.7 million, +15.8% year-on-year;
• • IndiGo: 3.4 million;
  • Jet Airways: 1.4 million;
  • Air India: 1.2 million;
  • SpiceJet: 1.1 million;
  • GoAir: 749,000;
  • Vistara: 270,000
  • Airasia India: 238,000;
  • Jetlite: 215,000;
  • Air Costa: 40,000;
  • Trujet: 39,000
  • Air Carnival: 14,000;
  • Zoom Air: 1000
• Load factor:
• • SpiceJet: 93.7%
  • GoAir: 90.9%;
  • Airasia India: 88.1%;
  • IndiGo: 87.7%;
  • Jet Airways: 86.8%;
  • Vistara: 85.0%;
  • Jetlite: 84.9%;
  • Air Costa: 84.9%;
  • Air India: 79.8%;
  • Trujet: 77.0%;
  • Air Carnival: 73.6%;
  • Zoom Air: 59.0%;
• Market Share:
• • IndiGo: 39.5%;
  • Jet Airways: 15.8%;
  • Air India: 13.5%;
  • SpiceJet: 13.1%;
  • GoAir: 8.7%;
  • Vistara: 3.1%;
  • Airasia India: 2.8%;
  • Jetlite: 2.5%;
  • Air Costa: 0.5%;
  • Trujet: 0.4%;
  • Air Carnival: 0.2%. [more - original PR]