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With The End of Tourist Season, Airlines Passenger Growth Comes Short At 15.7%

With The End of Tourist Season, Airlines Passenger Growth Comes Short At 15.7%

Aakash Agarwal2 min read
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What is "With The End of Tourist Season, Airlines Passenger Growth Comes Short At 15.7%" about?
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Charts And Analysis
Who wrote this article?
Aakash Agarwal, Capitalmind's research team.
When was this article published?
Published 20 March 2017.
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2 min read
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Airlines
What does the "Passengers Carried and Market Share" section say?
The total number of passenger carried during the month of February, 2017 stood at 86.40 lakh compared to 74.76 lakh during the same month of the previous year. This resulted in a growth of +15.57% (YoY). Indigo added 3 new destinations with flights being introduced to Madurai, Amritsar and Mangalore.
What does the "Passenger Load Factor" section say?
Passenger load factor, or load factor, measures the capacity utilization of public transport services. It is generally used to assess how efficiently a transport provider “fills seats” and generates fare revenue. Only Air India and Trujet has a Passenger Load Factor lower than 80% with Indigo falling behind from 90% to 87.7%.
What does the "Cancellations" section say?
The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines for the month of February, 2017 has been 0.4%. The Overall cancellation rate is generally influenced by bad weather, unfavorable flight conditions, low visibility, conditions at airports etc. 1 in 3 cancelled flights were due to bad weather.
What does the "This is how the Cancellation Rate has been over the past 12 months:" section say?
Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India) Love it or hate it, do leave us with your reviews in the comment section below!

We bring you the “Domestic Airlines Report Card for India” for the month of February, 2017. We take a look at the Number of Passengers carried, Market Share of Each Carrier, Passenger Load Factor and others. (Here is the Report Card for January, 2017).

Passengers Carried and Market Share

The total number of passenger carried during the month of February, 2017 stood at 86.40 lakh compared to 74.76 lakh during the same month of the previous year. This resulted in a growth of +15.57% (YoY).

Indigo added 3 new destinations with flights being introduced to Madurai, Amritsar and Mangalore.

We couldn’t be more proud to inaugurate and land our first flight in Madurai. Thank you Madurai Airport for the warm welcome. pic.twitter.com/54Cmeh7lGV

— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) March 1, 2017

Enjoying the golden moment as we celebrate our inaugural flight into #Amritsar. pic.twitter.com/XjieVkjr6c

— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) March 16, 2017

Our 45th destination is here! Daily, non-stop flights from BLR&BOM wef 1 May. Fares starting Rs 1499. Book @ https://t.co/OIFNvuCaa7 pic.twitter.com/rfHZItAz9J

— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) March 17, 2017

Indigo’s passenger traffic stood at 34.19 lakh compared to 27.54 lakh during the same month of the previous year. This resulted in a growth of +24.15% (YoY).

Passenger Load Factor

Passenger load factor, or load factor, measures the capacity utilization of public transport services. It is generally used to assess how efficiently a transport provider “fills seats” and generates fare revenue.

Only Air India and Trujet has a Passenger Load Factor lower than 80% with Indigo falling behind from 90% to 87.7%.

Cancellations

The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines for the month of February, 2017 has been 0.4%. The Overall cancellation rate is generally influenced by bad weather, unfavorable flight conditions, low visibility, conditions at airports etc.

1 in 3 cancelled flights were due to bad weather.

This is how the Cancellation Rate has been over the past 12 months:

Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)

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