November air passenger traffic up 30% YoY up

The total domestic passengers carried by the Scheduled Airlines of India in November 2009 was 38.98 lakhs, up nearly 30% compared to the corresponding month last year. The total passengers carried by domestic airlines in the October 2009 was 39.69 lakhs. The total passengers carried by the domestic carriers in September 2009 was 35.05 lakhs. Passengers carried by domestic airlines from January to November 2009 were 399.66 lakhs as against 378.99 lakhs in the corresponding period of 2008, thereby registering a growth of 5.45%. Domestic airlines such as Jet Airways and SpiceJet, among others, clocked over 70% flight occupancy in November. Jet Airways recorded a 33% increase in its domestic passenger traffic and 19% in international traffic for November over the previous year, and flew 7.6 lakh passengers domestically and 3.2 lakh passengers on international routes. In terms of market share, the Naresh Goyal-owned airlines Jet and JetLite maintained their lead with a 27% share in November, even though it was down from 27.7% in October. Kingfisher had 21.1% share as compared to 20.7%. However SpiceJet's market share at 12.2% in November was down from the previous month.