India’s business airways flew 1.42 crore passengers on home routes in November this yr, which represents a strong 12 per cent enhance in comparison with the identical month within the earlier yr, in line with figures compiled by the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Nevertheless, the On Time Efficiency (OTP) of scheduled home airways at Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai declined throughout November with passengers dealing with longer delays.
IndiGo maintained its place because the market chief with a 63.6 per cent share of air visitors, adopted by Air India (24.4 per cent), Akasa Air (4.7 per cent) and SpiceJet (3.1 per cent). The market share of Alliance Air stayed flat at 0.7 per cent throughout the month.
“Passengers carried by home airways throughout January-November 2024 have been 1,464.02 lakh as towards 1,382.34 lakh throughout the corresponding interval of the earlier yr thereby registering an annual progress of 5.91 per cent and month-to-month progress of 11.90 per cent,” in line with the DGCA report.
Home air passenger visitors was at 142.52 lakh in November in comparison with 127.36 lakh in the identical interval a yr in the past. The variety of flyers that took to Indian skies in Nov was additionally greater than the corresponding determine of 1.36 crore for October.
Nevertheless, the On Time Efficiency (OTP) of scheduled home airways at Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai declined throughout November with passengers dealing with longer delays.
IndiGo’s OTP stood at 74.5 per cent whereas that of Akasa Air and SpiceJet touched 66.4 per cent and 62.5 per cent, respectively. The OTP of Air India and Alliance Air have been at 58.8 per cent and 58.9 per cent, respectively, the information confirmed.
The figures additionally confirmed that 2,24,904 passengers have been hit by delays in November. The airways paid up near Rs 2.9 crore in direction of the facilitation of stranded passengers. As many as 624 passenger-related complaints have been obtained by the scheduled home airways throughout November.
A complete of three,539 passengers have been denied boarding in November and an expenditure of Rs 2.84 crore was incurred by airways for compensating and offering amenities to them. The figures additionally confirmed that 27,577 passengers have been affected by flight cancellations for which airways spent Rs 36.79 lakh as compensation and offering amenities.