Domestic air passenger traffic down 5% MoM

Total domestic passengers carried by the scheduled airlines of India in February 2010 was 3.86mn, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement. Total passengers carried by domestic airlines in January 2010 was 4.08mn. Passengers carried by domestic airlines from January-February 2010 were 8.06mn as against 6.76mn in the corresponding period of year 2009, thereby registering a growth of 19.2%. An analysis of Capacity (ASKM) and Demand (RPKM) data on Year-to-Year basis indicates that trend of increase in both the capacity and demand continued in February 2010 also. The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines for February 2010 was 1.5%. The overall On-Time Performance (OTP) of scheduled domestic airlines for February 2010 was 79.4%. The overall On-Time Performance (OTP) of these 47 foreign carriers for February 2010 was 73.7% in departures and 73.6% in arrivals.