<p>Bengaluru: Domestic air passenger traffic rose by 4.4% month-on-month (MoM) to around 1.37 crore in May 2024, according to data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday.</p><p>Scheduled domestic airlines carried around 1.32 crore passengers on domestic routes in the corresponding month of the previous year, reflecting a 3.79% year-on-year (YoY) increase.</p><p>Between January and May this year, the airlines ferried 6.61 crore passengers, marking a 3.99% YoY growth from the 6.36 crore domestic air-travellers in the corresponding period las year, the DGCA statement added.</p>.Air India utilising group airlines' engineering skills for improved aircraft maintenance works.<p>As for on-time performance (OTP), Akasa Air led the way clocking 85.9%, followed by Vistara (81.9%), AIX Connect (74.9%), IndiGo (72.8%), Air India (68.4%), and SpiceJet (60.7%). On-Time Performance (OTP) of scheduled domestic airlines has been computed for four metro airports viz. Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.</p><p>May also saw IndiGo's market share increase to 61.6%, while Air India's dropped to 13.7% from 14.2% in April. Vistara maintained a 9.2% market share, but AIX Connect's share fell to 5.1% from 5.4%, according to DGCA. Likewise, Akasa Air's market share grew to 4.8% in May from 4.4% in April, while SpiceJet's market share declined to 4% from 4.7% the previous month.</p><p>In terms of Passenger Load Factor (which measures the capacity utilisation), SpiceJet led the airlines with 94.3% followed by Vistara (93.4%) and Akasa Air (90.3%).</p><p>Over 2 lakh passengers were affected by delays, cancellations and boarding-denials. Affected passengers were paid around Rs 7 crore as compensation and facilitation.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Domestic air passenger traffic rose by 4.4% month-on-month (MoM) to around 1.37 crore in May 2024, according to data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday.</p><p>Scheduled domestic airlines carried around 1.32 crore passengers on domestic routes in the corresponding month of the previous year, reflecting a 3.79% year-on-year (YoY) increase.</p><p>Between January and May this year, the airlines ferried 6.61 crore passengers, marking a 3.99% YoY growth from the 6.36 crore domestic air-travellers in the corresponding period las year, the DGCA statement added.</p>.Air India utilising group airlines' engineering skills for improved aircraft maintenance works.<p>As for on-time performance (OTP), Akasa Air led the way clocking 85.9%, followed by Vistara (81.9%), AIX Connect (74.9%), IndiGo (72.8%), Air India (68.4%), and SpiceJet (60.7%). On-Time Performance (OTP) of scheduled domestic airlines has been computed for four metro airports viz. Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.</p><p>May also saw IndiGo's market share increase to 61.6%, while Air India's dropped to 13.7% from 14.2% in April. Vistara maintained a 9.2% market share, but AIX Connect's share fell to 5.1% from 5.4%, according to DGCA. Likewise, Akasa Air's market share grew to 4.8% in May from 4.4% in April, while SpiceJet's market share declined to 4% from 4.7% the previous month.</p><p>In terms of Passenger Load Factor (which measures the capacity utilisation), SpiceJet led the airlines with 94.3% followed by Vistara (93.4%) and Akasa Air (90.3%).</p><p>Over 2 lakh passengers were affected by delays, cancellations and boarding-denials. Affected passengers were paid around Rs 7 crore as compensation and facilitation.</p>