Jet Airways carried 8.69 lakh revenue passengers in May 2010, registering a buoyant 41.2 per cent increase as compared to the same period last year. The seat factor for Jet Airways’ domestic operations also stood at 82.5 per cent, a marked improvement over the same period last year and also a ten per cent increase over the preceding month of April 2010. The airline's international passenger traffic also grew by a robust 36.5 per cent, with a seat factor of 80.3 per cent, in May 2010, as against a seat factor of 75.4 per cent in May 2009.
JetLite, the wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways India Ltd, has also posted good seat factors of 85.3 per cent carrying over 4.02 lakh passengers in the month of May 2010. JetLite's code share with Jet Airways has enabled the airline to enhance its penetration of the travelling market.
According to Nikos Kardassis, CEO, Jet Airways, “A record breaking eight months of consecutive growth ratifies the fact that Jet Airways has been able to capitalise on the upswing in domestic and global air traffic.
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