India's local air passenger traffic flat in Feb

The total domestic passengers carried by Indian scheduled airlines in February was 33.36 lakhs, the Civil Aviation Ministry said. The total passengers carried by domestic airlines in January was 33.26 lakhs. Air India carried 5.74 lakh passengers, Jet Airways 5.97 lakhs, Jet Lite 2.49 lakhs, Kingfisher 9.04 lakhs, Spice Jet 4.13 lakhs, Paramount 0.61 lakhs, GoAir 0.84 lakhs and IndiGo 4.41 lakhs. The percentage share of the carriers in February was 17.2% for Air India, 17.9% for Jet Airways, 7.5% for Jet Lite, 27.1% for Kingfisher, 12.4% for Spice Jet, 1.8% for Paramount, 2.5% for Go Air and 13.2% for IndiGo. The seat load factor was 66.3% for Air India, 68.7% for Jet Airways, 74.2% for JetLite, 74.3% for Kingfisher Airlines, 78.5% for Spice Jet, 81.6% for Paramount Airways, 66% for Go Air and 82% for IndiGo.