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NT Bureau
Chennai, Jan 17:
Indian has broken all its previous records of passenger carriage in the month of December 2006.
In the month of December 2006, Indian has carried a total of 8.37 lakh passengers, representing a growth of 6.5 per cent over the same month in the previous year.
Indian's international carriage has also broken all-time records. Indian carried a total of 2.11 lakh passengers in December 2006, a growth of 20 per cent over December 2005.
Almost 45 per cent of Indian capacity is deployed on the international network. In the month of December and January, Indian Airlines supplemented its international capacity by operating flights to carry Haj pilgrims from India to Jeddah and also carried pilgrims to various upliftment points of India.
The record increase in traffic
is the result of concerted action to improve on-time performance, the quality
of product and services on board, and the many marketing initiatives that
have been launched by the airline in the recent past.