Indian civil aviation flies from strength to strength; domestic pax almost double in past five years

Airline traffic growth in India remained in the double digits in Feb-2011 with growth of 18.5% in the month and year-to-date growth of 19.6% to 9.5 million. This marks two consecutive Februarys of traffic growth with domestic traffic almost doubling from Feb-2006 levels and growth of 94% over the past five years. Domestic traffic is now some 37% above Feb-2009 levels, 28% above Feb-2008 levels and 40% above Feb-2007. [1275 words]

CAPA Members Login Username: Password: Remember details

Instantly get access to this article now for USD15.00. or If you've already bought this article, you can view it by typing your Article Key:

This report contains the following subheadings:

• Domestic traffic could average as much as 20% in 2011: CAPA
• Six consecutive months of double-digit growt; 21 months of growth
• Kingfisher largest stand-alone carrier in Feb-2010
• Battle between Kingfisher and IndiGo for first place
• LCCs hold 47% domestic market
• Load factors weaken slightly in Feb-2011
• OTP rate of 81.2% for domestic carriers
• Growth not without its challenges

This report contains the following charts and tables:

• Indian carriers' domestic passenger numbers and passenger number growth: Feb-2009 to Feb-2011
• Indian carriers' domestic passenger numbers and passenger number growth: Feb-2006 to Feb-2011 (February in light blue, trend line in green)
• Indian domestic passenger traffic: Jan-2011
• India domestic market share by carrier: Feb-2011
• Indian carriers' seat factor: Jan-2011 and Feb-2011
• Indian carriers' seat factor: Feb-2011
• India domestic on-time performance rate: Feb-2011
• Reasons for delays in Feb-2011
• India on-time performance rate of foreign carriers to/from India: Feb-2011