Domestic air traffic rises 5.7% to 13.1 mn in August: Official data

Indian airlines carried 1.31 crore passengers in August, an increase of 5.7 per cent compared to the year-ago period, according to official data released on Friday.

In August 2023, carriers had flown 1.24 crore domestic passengers while in July this year, the count stood at 1.29 crore.

The report released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed that last month, flight delays impacted 1,79,744 passengers with airlines shelling out around Rs 2.44 crore towards facilitation.

As many as 38,599 passengers were affected by flight cancellations and carriers spent about Rs 1.14 crore for compensation and facilities.

"The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines for the month of August 2024 has been 0.83 per cent," the report said.

A total of 728 passengers were denied boarding and the amount spent towards compensation and facilities in this regard was Rs 77.96 lakh.

"Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-August 2024 were 1,054.66 lakh a