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The West Asia conflict has severely impacted global aviation, causing a 3.4% drop in passenger demand in April due to soaring fuel prices and airspace disruptions. Middle East carriers saw a drastic 46.6% decline. Airlines are reducing flights and increasing fares as a result of these ongoing challenges.

Noida International Airport (NIA) faces controversy over high charges for airlines and passengers, negating its lower VAT advantage over Delhi's IGI Airport. IndiGo warns this will make flying from Noida costlier, potentially deterring fliers and impacting the new airport's success. Despite the operator's defense, fares are comparable, offering no cost incentive for passengers.

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SpiceJet has clocked the highest industry OTP (On-time performance) and PLF (passenger load factor) for the month of December 2016 as per the statistics released by DGCA (director general of civil aviation).

Domestic air passenger traffic in February increased by 8.98 per cent to 1.236 crore as compared to the same period last year, according to data released on Wednesday by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

SpiceJet, on Monday, reported a profit of Rs 105.3 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2017, up 79 per cent from Rs 58.9 crore in the same quarter last fiscal.

The regulator found the airline does not have adequate pilots and other technical staff for the proposed scale of operations. While it wanted to fly to Leh and Thoise, the Vikram Dev Dutt-headed DGCA found that the airline does not have the required number of specially trained pilots for these high altitude airfields. Almost 13 observations were raised post the audit, ranging from ongoing court cases to funding, refunds and spares.

A total of 39.43 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in Sept this year, 66 per cent lower than the corresponding period last year, country's aviation regulator DGCA said on Wednesday. As many as 21.07 lakh and 28.32 lakh people travelled by air domestically this July and August, respectively. The occupancy rate of six major Indian airlines was between 57 and 73% in Sept.

A week after domestic passenger flight operations resumed, passenger load on incoming flights to Bengaluru is still very low. In some instances, aircraft from Delhi carried fewer than 10 passengers.

India's domestic air passenger traffic soared in March, surpassing pre-Covid levels, with projections indicating continued growth. While airlines are grappling with challenges like elevated fuel prices and supply chain disruptions, impacting profitability, improved operational efficiency and healthy passenger load factors offer some respite. The industry anticipates gradual earnings recovery despite expected losses.

The Indian aviation industry witnessed a recovery in domestic passenger traffic in August 2020, with a sequential growth (over July 2020) of about 25% to add up to 26 lakh passengers, said ICRA, an independent credit rating agency. The bad news though is that the industry witnessed a Y-o-Y decline of about 77%.

"The national carrier is expecting a total revenue of Rs 22,521 crore as compared to Rs 20,526.11 crore in FY 2015-16, an increase of around 9.7% over the previous year, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

Domestic airlines, excluding IndiGo, may require funding requirements to the tune of $3-3.5 billion, with travel demand likely to remain subdued until the September quarter and no certainty of revival in the second half, aviation consultancy CAPA said in a report on Friday.

AHMEDABAD: Apart from the inconvenience and longer travel time, the re-routing by airlines to avoid Afghanistan and Pakistan airspace could result in a hike in air fare of West-bound flights.

India's domestic air travel demand increased by approximately 17% in September compared to the same period last year, ranking third globally behind China and Japan. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported that total air traffic, including domestic and international, rose by 30% in September 2023 compared to September 2022. Despite China's significant growth in domestic passenger markets, India and Australia had the highest domestic passenger load factor at 84.7%, while international traffic increased by 31% year-on-year.

passenger load factors have continued to remain high at close to 80 percent globally, said International Air Transport Association (IATA) airlines financial monitor for May-June 2013.

Domestic flights in India were the most packed globally in 2024, with an 86.4% passenger load factor. Despite supply chain constraints and grounded aircraft due to engine issues, India recorded its highest ever domestic air travellers at 163 million. Globally, overall air travel demand and efficiency reached record levels.

If the Indian airline industry were asked to put a figure on the financial downturn, then it would probably be 64%.

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation's (MSRTC) inter-state services to Udaipur and Bangalore have garnered poor response from commuters and failed to meet expected passenger load targets.

In the first month of the year, demand for air travel was up about 17 %, while the airline seat capacity went up 14 % and passenger load factor almost touched 80 %, according to January data released recently by airlines’ trade body, the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, domestic air passenger traffic in March fell by 33.06 per cent to 77.62 lakh as compared to the same month last year, the aviation regulator DGCA said on Thursday. India has been under a lockdown since March 25 to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. All commercial passenger flights have been suspended for the lockdown period.

Cash-strapped Kingfisher had the best on-time performance in the last three years and low cost airline IndiGo registered the highest passenger load factor while national carrier Air India remained the worst performer on both the parameters.

Air India can get into the Guiness Book of World Records: the national carrier would be the only one in the world that operated over 9,000 flights last year with less than one-fourth of its seats occupied.

Meerut: As winter season approaches, there are negligible chances that you will miss a Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation bus due to lack of seat. To ensure that no passengers are left out in the shivering cold, bus drivers in the entire state have been instructed to increase the load factor of each bus to 65% and ensure that maximum passengers are picked up during journey.

NEW DELHI: Dogged by low passenger load factor, Alliance Air, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines, will now sport a new logo as part of efforts to improve its brand image, official sources said.

Air India, on Saturday said it’’s uplift in domestic markets went up by 15% from 30,313 passengers a day in December 2013 to 35,100 passengers a day in the first half of December 2014.