Indian passenger recovery is showed a robust comeback in September 2022 over the same period last year according to data released by the aviation safety regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). India’s domestic air passenger volume grew 64.61% to 10.35 million in September 2022 as compared to September 2019.
Excluding Akasa Air, the Indian domestic carriers flew over 7.66 million passengers on local routes as per the report. Akasa Air commenced its flight services on domestic routes on August 7, 2022.
The average passenger load factor (PLF) of the domestic carriers stood at 77.5% against 72.5 % PLF delivered in August 2022, the DGCA data show. PLF is an airline metric that measures how much of an airline's passenger-carrying capacity is used.
In terms of market share, leading carrier IndiGo garnered 57% of the total domestic traffic, carrying 5,972,000 passengers across its domestic network followed by Vistara, which flew 993,000 passengers with a 9.6% market share.
The combined market share of Vistara, Air India, and AirAsia India stood at 24.7% in September 2022.
Besides, Vistara also had the best on-time performance with 91% of its flights arriving and departing from four key airports Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru on time.