IndiGo carried the maximum number of passengers within India during July, gaining a 35.8% market share among domestic airlines, according to latest data from civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Jet Airways fell a distant second with 19.8% market share; followed by Air India with 16.2%, and SpiceJet at 12.3% market share.
During July, other airlines also gained market share as compared to the previous month, thanks to the growing number of air passengers in the country.
About 64.75 lakh passengers flew within India last month, compared to 66.01 lakh people in June, the data showed.
IndiGo carried 24.17 lakh passengers in July, followed by Jet Airways with 13.35 lakh; Air India with 10.94 lakh; and SpiceJet 8.31 lakh passengers.
In terms of passenger load factor (PLF), a key metric of profitability measured by the number of seats sold in every operated flight, SpiceJet led the pack with 93.4%, during July. The better performance was helped by the company’s flash sales of tickets and discounts.
Air Costa, a regional airline followed next with 81.7% PLF, followed by GoAir with 81.2%, and Jet Airways with 81%.
In terms of on-time performance, Bangalore-based regional airline Air Pegasus ranked best at four airports —Mumbai, Bangalore Delhi, Hyderabad — with its flights landing and taking off 96.6% of time. Vistara had 93.5%;
IndiGo 86.6% and Air Asia India had a 86.3% ranking in terms of performance.
Domestic airlines carried 21.13%, or 4.56 crore more travellers between January and July compared to a earlier, the data showed. During the month, only 802 passenger related complaints were received by the scheduled domestic airlines. The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers carried for the month stood 1.2, DGCA said. The month also saw few flight cancellations. The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines stood at 0.53%.