Indian Aviation

Indian Aviation statistics: Indigo, Kingfisher rule!

The aviation Industry has been growing over past few months after witnessing some of the worst times, thanks to increased taxes, high fuel prices, Union fights and standoffs ! The aviation Industry has also been in news for all the wrongs reasons.

But, things are surely getting better with Aviation Industry registering close to 50% growth year on year as well as month on month.

According to latest report released by Aviation ministry, there has been a sustained growth in both the capacity and demand which continued even in the month of January, 2011.

Indian Aviation Industry Market Share

Indigo and Kingfisher remained the top performers in the Industry on back of good and timely services. Kingfisher currently holds 19.5% percent Indian market share closely followed by Indigo Airlines which has 19.2% market share. Although, the Jet Airways and Jet Lite combined market share is higher at 24.8 percent !

Seat Factor

On back of festive peak season, December saw tremendous growth in seat factor ratio, with Indigo registering maximum seat factor of 93.3%. However, Jan seat factors dipped on lower demand.

Flight Cancellations

Indigo scored very well in this area as well which registered lowest cancellation ratio of just 0.5 percent. Spicejet (0.9%) and Jet Airways (1.3%) also witnessed quite less cancellations. On other hand, JetLite was by far the worst performer with 3.5 percent flight cancellations!

Passenger Complaints

Now this one is a surprise – Air India performed better than all other carriers registering least passenger complaints with only 1.2 in 10,000  passengers complaining about various services . Go Air was the worst performer with just over 5 passengers in 10k complaining about their services.

Out of the total complaints, 29 percent of all were for lost baggage, while 5.9 percent were refund related issues!

Isn't it surprising that passengers flying on Air India complain the least !

SURVEY: Indian youth usage of mobile services

97% Indian youth use prepaid Mobile services

Mobile telephony has penetrated the developing nations across the world. From a bus driver to a high flying executive, everyone has one these days. Many carry more than one mobile or have multiple sim cards. Whatever be the situation, mobile handsets have become the most important component of our lives – so much so that all of us wonder how we managed to live before their advent. From texting to using phones for social networking, mobiles have become an inherent necessity.

In the light of this, Nielsen’s survey - Mobile Youth Around the World – of 1.2 lakh youth mobile phone users across Brazil, Russia, India, China, Vietnam, Germany, US, UK, Spain and Italy throws some interesting insights. The usage varies across cultures, demographics, preferences etc.

India has the lowest smartphone penetration at 10% compared to China’s 29% and the highest in Italy (47%). Though the number of male smartphone users in countries like India, Germany and Italy is very high at more than 65%, its almost equal in Russia, UK and US (where men own lesser smartphones than women).

Interestingly despite the proliferation of multiple SIM card phones, only about a maximum of 29% in Italy use such phones. In India and China the number is even lesser at around 15%.

Majority of the youth make their own decision while buying mobile handsets and only about 15% consult their parents before making the decision. Indian youth lead among those from other countries in that 40% of them hold price as the most important factor for buying a mobile device and more than 97% still use prepaid services. Prepaid services are still common across the developing world like China, Brazil etc. While it’s the exact opposite in UK, US, Germany where more people use postpaid services.

In terms of data usage like mobile Internet, apps etc. China leads the world with more than 84% using these services. On the other end of the spectrum are Indian youth, only 10% of whom use such data services. Voice and text based services still rule the roost in India.

Although, this survey does not show data usage highly amongst Indian youth, a year down the line, things might be quite different, especially due to launch of 3G services in India..