Jet Airways, India’s largest private carrier, witnessed a 53 per cent growth in domestic and about 28 per cent in international passenger traffic in December last year.

The airline, bettering its growth figures in November 2009, has reported a 53 per cent surge in domestic and 28 per cent surge in international passenger traffic for December 2009, vis-a-vis the same period last year, Jet Airways said in a statement on Tuesday.

The average seat factor for international operations for December stood at 84.9 per cent, reflecting growing passenger demand on the international sector.

Jet had registered a growth of 33 per cent in domestic and 19 per cent in international passenger traffic in November last year.

Jet Konnect and Jetlite, airlines’ all-economy arm, had registered surge of 23 per cent in passenger traffic at an average seat factor of 81.5 per cent in December last year.

Jet carried about 3,67,246 passengers in December last year compared to 2,86,711 in December 2008 on international sector. The airlines carried 3,25,869 to various international destinations in the month of November last year.