Africa airlines order six MA60s
9th December 2011
India’s domestic air passenger traffic (PAX) continues to increase steadily as compared to last year. In March 2023 the PAX showed a climb of 21.4% year-on-year(Y-O-Y), as per the data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on April 18. The total passenger footfall on domestic flights in March 2023 was 12.89 million, as compared to 10.62 million in the year-ago period.
For the quarter ending March 31, the passenger traffic jumped by a massive 51.7% compared to the previous year.
"Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January - March 2023 were 37.5 million as against 24.7 million during the corresponding period of the previous year thereby registering an annual growth of 51.70%," the DGCA said in a statement.
IndiGo’s market share in March increased to 56.8%, as against 55.9% in February 2023 while SpiceJet's share declined to 6.4%, as compared to 7.1% last month.
The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines in March stood at 0.28%, the DGCA said, adding that Fly Big accounted for most of the cancellations at 4.48%, followed by Indiaone Air at 1.55%.