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Airlines Marketing - Trends Domestic airlines see 12% drop in July passenger traffic Kingfisher Airlines carried 17,000 more travellers. JetLite carried 10,000 more passengers IndiGo, at 3.20 lakh passengers, flew 44,000 more travellers. Our Bureau New Delhi, Aug 12 For the second consecutive month, the domestic airline industry has carried fewer passengers. The latest data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) show that in July, the 10 domestic airlines carried 30.85 lakh passengers, a drop of about 12 per cent from the 34.87 lakh passengers carried during the same period in the previous year. Low-cost airline Air Deccan has seen the maximum drop in passenger traffic at 3.45 lakh, down from 5.62 lakh in July last year, while SpiceJet has reported a marginal drop having carried 13,000 fewer passengers in July at 2.55 lakh compared with the same period in the previous year. Air India (domestic), Jet Airways and Go Air are among the other airlines that have reported a drop in passenger traffic in July when compared withthe previous period. Trend bustersKingfisher Airlines was among the airlines that bucked the trend of carrying fewer passengers during the month under review, having flown 17,000 more travellers in July compared with 4.52 lakh passengers flown during the same period previously. JetLite, the 100-per cent subsidiary of Jet Airways, carried 10,000 more passengers in July while IndiGo at 3.20 lakh passengers in July flew 44,000 more travellers. Lean seasonDismissing fears of a slowdown in the industry, the SpiceJet Director, Mr Kishore Gupta, said that the three-month period starting July is the lean season in the domestic market. Fewer people fly in June; airports see dip in traffic Domestic airlines hike fares to beat rising costs More Stories on : Airlines | Trends
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