December domestic air traffic flies 20%

Continuing on the growth trajectory, domestic passenger traffic increased by 20.34 per cent in December last year over the same period in 2014 on account of the on-going tourists season, with Indian carriers flying a total of 7.70 million customers during the period.

The domestic carriers had ferried 6.44 million passengers in December 2014. As per the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) data, released on Monday, low-cost SpiceJet reported the highest seat occupancy in its aircraft at 92.1 per cent followed by rival IndiGo, which logged 88.5 per cent seat factor during December 2014.

However, IndiGo, continued its leadership in terms of number of passengers flown, transporting a total 2.74 million passengers. Air India and Jet Airways during this period carried 1.40 million and 1.28 million passengers respectively.