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Gurgaon, 17 January, 2017: SpiceJet, the country’s favourite carrier,
continues its dominance in the aviation space by clocking the highest industry OTP
(On-time performance) and PLF (Passenger load factor) for the month of December 2016 as
per the statistics released by DGCA. This is the third month in a row that the airline
has topped the OTP charts. The airline also topped the PLF metrics for the industry at
93.7% and invincibly stood tall having garnered over 90% PLF for 21 months in a row.
During December 2016, SpiceJet registered the highest OTP of 70% much ahead of all its
peers. The airline also topped OTP for individual metros namely Delhi and Hyderabad and
is the third consecutive month when SpiceJet has achieved the highest OTP at Delhi
airport.
“SpiceJet has ensured that it maintains its impeccable operational standards even in
harsh weather conditions to continuously emerge as the best on-time performing airline.
Not only have we scored a hat-trick with the best OTP for the third consecutive month
in a row, we have also recorded over 90% Passenger Load Factor for 21 successive
months,” said GP Gupta, Chief Administrative Officer, SpiceJet.
SpiceJet, which operated on an average 331 daily flights and carried almost 12.10 lakh
passengers during the month of December 2016 whereas the number of passengers carried
by the airline for the year 2016 stood at 126.74 lakh.
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