Air India registers increased load factors
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Air India has registered a 78.7% load factors last month, beating IndiGo, which recorded 76% occupancy.
According to data revealed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), GoAir registered an occupancy rate of 79%, SpiceJet had 75.8%, Jet Airways 74.9% and Jet Konnect 73.9%.
However, IndiGo registered the highest market share at 29.1% in August, followed by Air India at 19.9%, Jet Airways 18.8%, SpiceJet 17.2%, GoAir 8.7% and JetKonnect 6.9%. As a group, Jet Airways recorded 25.1% market share.
Further, overall traffic rose 20% from a year ago, with 5.26 million passengers in India flying in August, compared with 4.36 million in the same month in 2012. This is the first time passenger traffic growth has exceeded ten per cent in many months as cheaper airfares lured travellers.
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