INDIA’S Jet Airways has capitalised on the improvement in global business and leisure travel, posting impressive passenger load factors for December 2010.
The airline has registered 15.3 per cent growth in international revenue passenger traffic carrying 423,000 guests in December 2010 compared to 367,000 over the same period in 2009.
In the domestic market, revenue passengers grew by an 8.5 per cent, with the airline carrying 923,000 in December 2010 compared to 851,000 the previous year. The figures mark 14 consecutive months of growth at Jet Airways, a fact mirrored by the company’s 25.4 per cent market share.
JetLite, the wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways India, has also clocked up an impressive 19.7 per cent growth carrying more than 407,000 passengers in December 2010 compared to 340,000 over the same period in 2009.
Jet Airways and JetLite registered on-time performance at 85.4 per cent and 82.6 per cent respectively for the month of December.
Nikos Kardassis, CEO of Jet Airways, said: “A record breaking 14 months of consecutive growth ratifies the fact that Jet Airways has been able to deliver on the promise of a superior guest experience. This is largely due to constant product innovation, effective network planning and strategic marketing initiatives, which we have implemented in the past year.
“Our enhanced domestic and international network capabilities, coupled with strategic code-shares, have further helped us deliver seamless travel solutions.”