The total domestic passengers carried by airlines from January to October 2010 were 419.34 lakhs as against 354.55 lakhs in the corresponding period of 2009, thereby registering a growth of 18.3 per cent, the Union Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement today.
The total domestic passengers carried by scheduled domestic airlines in October were 46.17 lakhs as against 39.11 lakhs in September, the Ministry said.
October observed comparatively higher seat factor primarily due to the start of the peak travel & tourism season, the Ministry said.
The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines for the month under review was 1.1 per cent.
During October, a total of 1,235 passenger-related complaints were received by scheduled domestic airlines. The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers carried for the month stood at 2.7.
The overall On-Time Performance (OTP) of scheduled domestic airlines for October was 84.7 per cent, the Ministry said.
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