Domestic airlines carry 2.46 cr passengers during Jan-Feb, log 74.50% annual growth

During January-February of this year, domestic airlines carried 2.46 crore passengers as against 1.41 crore in the corresponding period of 2022, thereby registering an annual growth of 74.50 percent and monthly growth of 56.82 percent.

According to data published by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday, nearly 1.21 crore passengers were carried by domestic airlines in February as against 76.96 lacks in the same period last year. However, February's domestic traffic recorded a marginal decline as compared with the previous month when the figure was 1.25 crore.

The passenger load factor or occupancy of the airlines remained on the higher side in the range of 80 to 90 percent. The newly-launched Akasa Air marked an 83.7 percent occupancy in February. SpiceJet recorded the highest occupancy of 94.1 percent, followed by GoFirst (93.1 percent), Air India (89 percent) and IndiGo (86.5 per cent). Industry sources said that the data has reflected the restoration of normalcy in aviation traffic.

The country's major airports have witnessed a higher number of air passengers in the last couple of months. Domestic air traffic has already crossed the 4 lakh passengers per day mark.