SME Times News Bureau | 21 May, 2013
Domestic air passenger traffic decreased 0.27 percent in April and stood at 50.77 lakh from 50.91 lakh during the corresponding month of last year, the civil aviation ministry said Monday.
The overall passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-April 2013 was down 0.35 percent at 202.89 lakh from 203.60 lakh passenger ferried during the corresponding period of last year.
On a month-on-month basis the traffic declined by 2.15 percent, as the domestic airlines carried 50.77 lakh passenger in the month under review from 51.89 lakh passengers ferried in March 2013.
On a standalone basis, IndiGo had the largest market share of 29.8 percent, followed by SpiceJet (19.6 percent), Air India's domestic operations (19.2), Jet Airways (17.00 percent), Go Air (8.9 percent) and Jetlite (5.6 percent).
