New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Around 106 crore domestic passengers travelled by air in March approximately 38 percent more than 7696 lakh who flew in February Indian aviation regulator DGCA stated on WednesdayThe passenger load factors -- which means occupancy rates -- were above 80 percent for all Indian private carriers in March the Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA stated in its monthly statementThe load factors of SpiceJet IndiGo Vistara Go First Air India and AirAsia India were 869 percent 81 percent 861 percent 814 percent 85 percent and 813 percent respectively in March 2022 it mentionedThe Centre-run regional carrier Alliance Air recorded a load factor of 74 percent in March this year it noted In the last two years the aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed in India and other countries in view of the COVID-19 pandemicIndiGo -- Indias largest carrier -- carried 5861 lakh passengers in March a 548 percent share of the domestic market the DGCA saidGo First was in the number two position as it carried 1044 lakh passengers in March it mentionedSpiceJet flew 1021 lakh passengers and Air India flew 936 lakh passengers in March according to the data shared by the DGCAVistara AirAsia India and Alliance Air carried 89 lakh 698 lakh and 145 lakh passengers respectively in March the data showedThe DGCA data said in March IndiGo had the best on-time performance of 939 percent at four metro airports - Bengaluru Delhi Hyderabad and MumbaiGo First and Vistara were at the second and third positions at these four airports in March with 93 percent and 919 percent on-time performance respectively the DGCA said PTI DSP DSP TDS TDS

New Delhi Mar 21 PTI Around 7696 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in February approximately 20 per cent more than the 6408 lakh who flew in January Indian aviation regulator DGCA said on MondayThe February figure is a sign that the domestic aviation market is recovering after the 43 percent dip that was observed in January due to Omicron variant of coronavirus In December last year 112 crore domestic passengers had travelled by airThe passenger load factors -- which means occupancy rates -- increased for all Indian carriers in February as compared to January the Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA stated in its monthly statementThe load factors of SpiceJet IndiGo Vistara Go First Air India and AirAsia India were 891 percent 852 percent 871 percent 87 percent 841 percent and 832 percent respectively in February 2022 it mentionedHowever in January 2022 the occupancy rates of these carriers had been 734 percent 666 percent 616 percent 667 percent 606 percent and 605 percent respectively it addedIn the last two years the aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed in India and other countries in view of the Covid pandemicIndiGo -- Indias largest carrier -- carried 3951 lakh passengers in February a 513 per cent share of the domestic market the DGCA saidSpiceJet flew 82 lakh passengers and Air India flew 855 lakh passengers in February according to the data shared by the DGCAVistara Go First AirAsia India and Alliance Air carried 749 lakh 734 lakh 446 lakh and 112 lakh passengers respectively in February the data showedThe DGCA data mentioned that in February IndiGo had the best on-time performance of 954 per cent at four metro airports - Bengaluru Delhi Hyderabad and Mumbai Go First and Vistara were at the second and third positions at these four airports in February with 941 per cent and 909 per cent on-time performance respectively the DGCA said PTI DSP DSP TDS TDS