{"id":19187,"date":"2022-03-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=19187"},"modified":"2022-03-22T23:04:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:34:09","slug":"dgca-in-february-76-96-lakh-domestic-passengers-travelled-up-20-from-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/dgca-in-february-76-96-lakh-domestic-passengers-travelled-up-20-from-january\/","title":{"rendered":"DGCA &#8211; In February, 76.96 lakh domestic passengers travelled, up 20% from January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The <strong>Indian aviation regulator DGCA <\/strong>reported on Monday that <strong>76.96 lakh<\/strong> domestic passengers flew in February, up 20% from 64.08 lakh in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">The February data indicates that the domestic aviation sector is <strong>recovering<\/strong> following a <strong>43 percent drop<\/strong> in January due to the Omicron coronavirus type.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/passenger-airplane-landing-at-dusk-royalty-free-image-1569607365.jpg\" alt=\"The Indian aviation regulator DGCA reported on Monday that 76.96 lakh domestic passengers flew in February.\" class=\"wp-image-19188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/passenger-airplane-landing-at-dusk-royalty-free-image-1569607365.jpg 640w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/passenger-airplane-landing-at-dusk-royalty-free-image-1569607365-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/passenger-airplane-landing-at-dusk-royalty-free-image-1569607365-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/passenger-airplane-landing-at-dusk-royalty-free-image-1569607365-600x599.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/passenger-airplane-landing-at-dusk-royalty-free-image-1569607365-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/passenger-airplane-landing-at-dusk-royalty-free-image-1569607365-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/passenger-airplane-landing-at-dusk-royalty-free-image-1569607365-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In December of previous year, 1.12 million domestic travellers flew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA<\/strong>) said in its monthly statement that passenger load factors \u2014 or <strong>occupancy rates <\/strong>\u2014 increased for all Indian carriers in February compared to January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>SpiceJet, IndiGo, Vistara, Go First, Air India, and AirAsia<\/strong> India&#8217;s load factors in February 2022 were 89.1 percent, 85.2 percent, 87.1 percent, 87 percent, 84.1 percent, and 83.2 percent, respectively.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The occupancy rates of these carriers, however, were <em>73.4 percent, 66.6 percent, 61.6 percent, 66.7 percent, 60.6 percent, and 60.5 percent in January 2022, according to the report.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Travel restrictions enacted in India and other countries in response to the <strong>Covid outbreak have had a substantial impact<\/strong> on the aviation sector in the last two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>IndiGo<\/strong>, India&#8217;s largest airline, transported 39.51 lakh passengers in February, accounting for <strong>51.3 percent of the domestic market<\/strong>, according to the DGCA.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>According to DGCA data, <strong>SpiceJet<\/strong> carried 8.2 lakh passengers and Air India carried 8.55 lakh passengers in February.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>According to the report, <strong>Vistara, Go First, AirAsia India, and Alliance Air <\/strong>carried 7.49 lakh, 7.34 lakh, 4.46 lakh, and 1.12 lakh passengers in February, respectively.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1589177988_hardeep-singh-puri-tweets-picture-of-repatriation-flight.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1589177988_hardeep-singh-puri-tweets-picture-of-repatriation-flight.jpg 510w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1589177988_hardeep-singh-puri-tweets-picture-of-repatriation-flight-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">IndiGo had the best on-time record of 95.4 percent in February at four metro airports \u2013 <strong>Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai, <\/strong>according to DGCA data.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/dgca.gov.in\">DGCA<\/a>, <strong>Go First and Vistara were in second and third place <\/strong>at these four airports in February, with 94.1 percent and 90.9 percent on-time performance, respectively.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned and updated with Aviationa2z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian aviation regulator DGCA reported on Monday that 76.96 lakh domestic passengers flew in 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