New Delhi: At a time when low-cost private players are giving a stiff fight to the top players in the Indian aviation sector, national carrier Indian has created history by carrying the highest number of over 34,000 passengers on a single day for the first time.
The government-owned airline carried as many as 34,535 passengers on Friday, the highest ever by an Indian carrier as per official records on passenger load factor.
According to airline officials, Indian has been consistently registering high growth in passenger load factor during the past few months. It crossed the 32,000-passenger-a-day mark on 15 occasions this year, they said.
The airline broke the 33,000 mark on three occasions this year and crossed the 34,000 mark on Friday. The state-owned airline had carried the highest of 30,045 in November 2004, 28,860 in December 2005 and 31,168 in December last year.
The airline had been awarded the Readers' Digest Platinum Award for being the 'most trusted airline' earlier this year.
(With PTI inputs)
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