India’s domestic air passenger traffic jumped by 12.43% to 95.65 Lakhs during July 2017, IndiGo continues its domination

Source: DGCA

In July 2017, Indian aviation industry is witnessed robust growth of air passenger traffic domestically. In the month of July 2017, number of air passengers increased by 12.43% year on year to 95.65 Lakhs. While total number of passengers carried during 2017 were up by 17.18% y-o-y to 657.21 Lakhs. India’s aviation industry is benefiting from factors such as focused by government to boost regional connectivity coupled with increase in domestic air travelers.

  

India’s largest Low Cost Airline (LCC), IndiGo continues to dominate with 38.7% market share. IndiGo carried 36.99 Lakhs passengers during July 2017. While Jet Airways (Jet +Jet Lite) 17.37 Lakhs passenger to capture 18.2% share. Spice Jet is at third position with 14.2% market share while national carrier Air India is at 4^th with 13.5% share. Top 5 airlines accounts for 92.3% of total market share in Indian aviation sector.

In terms of Passenger Load Factor (PLF), another LCC Spice Jet leads with 94.4% followed by Air Asia (88.4%), Vistara (84.6%), IndiGo (83.7%) and GoAir (82.5%).

On Time Performance (OTP) is one of important factor for passengers deciding about which airline to fly. IndigGo is the most punctual with 84.6% OTP followed by Go Air (78.2%) and Vistara (74.5%). About 66% of delays are Reactionary in nature during July 2017 while ATC and Airport management caused 16% of flight delays. Cancellation rates during July 2017 stood at 0.79%.

India’s domestic air passenger traffic jumped by 14.90% to 90.45 Lakhs during March 2017, IndiGo continues to dominate

Source: DGCA

In March 2017, Indian aviation industry is witnessed strong growth of air passenger traffic domestically. In the month of March 2017, number of air passengers increased by 14.90% year on year to 90.45 Lakhs. While total number of passengers carried during 2017 were up by 18.59% y-o-y to 272.79 Lakhs. India’s aviation industry is benefiting from factors such as healthy economic growth and support by government to boost regional connectivity.

India’s largest Low Cost Airline (LCC), IndiGo continues to dominate with 39.9% market share. IndiGo carried 36.11 Lakhs passengers during March 2017. While Jet Airways (Jet +Jet Lite) 16.27 Lakhs passenger to capture 18.0% share. Spice Jet dislodged State owned carrier Air India to capture third position with 13.2% market share while Air India slipped to 4^th with 13.0% share. Top 5 airlines accounts for 93.0% of total market share in Indian aviation sector.

In terms of Passenger Load Factor (PLF), another LCC Spice Jet leads with 91.4% followed by Air Asia (87.8%), GoAir (94.8%), Vistara (82.2%) and IndiGo (81.6%).

On Time Performance (OTP) is one of important factor for passengers deciding about which airline to fly. IndigGo is the most punctual with 88.0% OTP followed by Spice Jet (85.7%) and Vistara (85.0%). About 69% of delays are Reactionary in nature during March 2017 while ATC and Airport management caused 18% of flight delays. Cancellation rates during March 2017 stood at 0.41% which is reasonably low. 

India’s regional air connectivity gets a big boost with UDAN

Source: Ministry of Civil Aviation

India’s aviation sector undergoing dynamic transformation in the recent past. The need for improving regional air connectivity by starting air service at smaller cities has been finally addressed. The new Ude Desh Ki Aam Naagrik (UDAN) Scheme by Government of India is trying to solve the issue of last mile air connectivity by starting operations at 43 under-served airports by September 2017 in a first phase. The Civil Aviation Ministry awarded regional air routes to five operators (Alliance Air, Air Odisha, TruJet, Spice Jet, Air Deccan) who won the bid.

The Government is providing ‘viability gap funding’ under the scheme so that air fare for a one-hour journey is capped at Rs. 2,500 per passenger for 50% seats in each flight. The air fare subsidy is shared by Central and State governments. Also, range of tax concessions would be provided to support the scheme. Subsidy would remain for next 3 years while UDAN scheme is for next 10 years. The UDAN scheme is aimed at strengthening air connectivity network of Tier 2 and 3 cities so that large proportion population can benefit. On March 5, Central Government approved a Rs. 4,500-crore plan for the development and up-gradation of 50 under-served or unserved airports and airstrips in India.

Total 128 routes across India were awarded among 5 airlines. Air Odisha tops as it got 50 routes to operate followed by Air Deccan (34), TruJet (18), Alliance Air (15) and Spice Jet (11). The time holds lot of excitement for aviation sector as dream project of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to change the rules of the game. 

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Top 10 Most Connected Domestic Airports in India: February 2017

India’s domestic airline industry is witnessing robust growth with 86.55 lakh people traveled during February 2017, 15.77% growth year-on-year. Moreover, government’s focus on improving regional air connectivity is positively triggering the sector. During February 2017, India had 75 active airports covering 332 air routes. Important to know Top 10 Most Connected Domestic Airports in India: February 2017

Delhi Airport is most connected domestic airport in India with 60 air routes across India. Mumbai is 2^nd with 47 followed by Bengaluru (42) Kolkata (37) and Hyderabad (35). Out of 75, Delhi is connected with 80% of active airports in India while Mumbai 63% and Bengaluru (56%). Only 19 airports in India out of 75 are connected with more than 10 cities. While 18 airports have air connectivity with 6 to 10 cities and 22 airports 2 to 5 cities. India’s 16 domestic airports have flight only for 1 location. Future certainly holds lot of potential for these smaller airports due to increasing demand coupled with congestion at airports in metro cities.

Following is the list of Top 10 Most Connected Domestic Airports in India: February 2017

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Top 10 Busiest Domestic Airports in India: February 2017

India’s domestic passenger air travel is witnessing robust growth driven by improved connectivity, rising income levels, growth in tourism sector and changing life style. Air travel is not more belongs to elite class but affordable air fares coupled with increasing competition among airlines resulted in people with middle income group traveling by air. During February 2017, domestic passenger air traffic was 86.55 lakh while India has 75 active airports. Important to know Top 10 Busiest Domestic Airports in India: February 2017

Delhi is the busiest airport in India with total 1.74 million domestic passengers traffic during February 2017. Importantly, Delhi accounted for 20.25% of India’s total domestic air passenger traffic. Mumbai at 2^nd position with 1.29 million passengers accounting for 14.92% of India’s domestic air passenger traffic. Delhi and Mumbai combined carries 36% of country’s total air passengers signifying importance. Among Top 10 Busiest Domestic Airports in India: February 2017, Bengaluru is at 3^rd with 0.75 million followed by Kolkata at 4^th and Hyderabad 5^th.

Following is the list of Top 10 Busiest Domestic Airports in India: February 2017

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