May 2016: Performances of Indian carriers in domestic aviation market

Airlines in India together carried a total of 86.69 lakh (8.66 million) passengers in the domestic sector in May 2016. Continuing its dream run with above 20% year on year growth rate, the domestic aviation sector had handled 396.04 lakh passengers with 22.87% growth during January-May 2016 over the same period a year ago. While the MoM growth rate for the month of May was at 21.63%. Going by the passenger growth figures and the planned capacity expansion in the coming months (LCCs like IndiGo, GoAir and FSC like Vistara), it can now be said that domestic aviation sector in India to record 100 million annual passenger for the first time in 2016.

April 2016: Performances of Indian carriers in domestic aviation market

Airlines in India together carried a total of 79.32 lakh (7.93 million) passengers in the domestic sector in March 2016. Continuing its dream run with above 20% year on year growth rate, the domestic aviation sector had handled 309.35 lakh passengers with 23.22% growth during January-April 2016 over the same period a year ago. While the MoM growth rate for the month of April was at 20.93%. Going by the planned increase in capacity in the coming months (LCCs like IndiGo, GoAir and FSC like Vistara) it would be interesting to see whether 2016 becomes the year when domestic sector in India reaches the mark of 100 million annual passengers for the first time.

February 2016: Performances of Indian carriers in domestic aviation market

Airlines in India together carried a total of 74.76 lakh (7.47 million) passengers in the domestic sector in February 2016. Continuing its dream run with above 20% year on year growth rate, the domestic aviation had handled 151.31 lakh passengers with 23.41% growth during January-February 2016 over that of the same period a year ago. While the MoM growth rate for the month of February was at 24.27%. While IndiGo maintained and further consolidated its top position in terms of domestic market share, SpiceJet continued to outperform others in terms of load factors with above 90% PLF for 10 straight months and Vistara topped the on-time performance charts once again for 7 straight months. Among the highlights, 2016 being a leap year, February got 29th day and perhaps that reflected in the airlines increased passenger figures. In February 2016, all airlines except Air Costa has increased their Available Seat Kilometers (ASKM), and number of passenger carried compared to that of February 2015.