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Jun 2007

Air Deccan records 32 pc increase in traffic

     Bangalore: Air Deccan today announced that it had recorded a 32 percent increase in the number of passengers it flew in May 2007 as against what it flew in May 2006. The airline said that it carried 7, 04,043 passengers in May 2007 as compared to 5, 33,376 in May 2006. The average load factor in May 2007 remained high at 85 percent and also witnessed an increase over May 2006 where the loads averaged around 82 percent. In the same period last year, the airline had 250 daily flights and today the figure has risen to 350 flights a day, registering a 40 percent growth. The airline today provides the widest connectivity in India connecting 65 destinations as against 55 cities last May. Air Deccan has flown over 11 million passengers since its inception in the year 2003. Samyukth Sridharan, Chief Revenue Officer and Head Marketing Air Deccan said, "This growth in passenger traffic has largely been driven by rapid route and capacity expansion by Air Deccan. We have added 100 new flights and 10 new destinations to our network map since May last year increasing the daily seat capacity by 34 percent. This year, Air Deccan observed 95 - 100 percent load factor on several sectors like Kolkata - Hyderabad , Delhi - Bhopal , Chennai - Trivandrum , Ahmedabad - Mumbai etc. Unconventional sectors like Bhopal - Jabalpur , Mumbai - Kolhapur , Hyderabad - Rajahmundry which are not serviced by any other airline also witnessed above 90 percent loads in May.
-Jun 6, 2007