Air India’s Apr-July rev up 26 per cent

Air India carried 7.08 lakh passengers on its domestic network.

Riding high on the upsurge in air-passenger traffic,national air-carrier Air India has clocked a healthy growth in revenues besides a significant improvement in yields and seat-factor in the April-July period,a source said.

Air India carried 7.08 lakh passengers on its domestic network with a 17.3 per cent market share in July.

“The airline clocked a 25.8 per cent growth in revenue at Rs 3,577 crore in the the first four-months of FY 11 as against Rs 2,843 crore,which it garnered in the corresponding period of the last fiscal,” a source said.

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The rise in revenue has been across both domestic and international operations,the source said,adding the air-carrier has clocked a robust 43.1 per cent growth in revenue on domestic operations during this period compared to the previous year.

“Revenue from international operations increased 16.2 per cent,” the source said.

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