IANS | 17 Jul, 2024
India’s domestic air passenger traffic rose by 5.8 per cent to 1.32
crore in June this year from 1.24 crore in the same month last year, according
to the latest data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation
(DGCA).
Low-cost airline IndiGo flew 80.86 lakh passengers during the month to
register a market share of 60.5 per cent, followed by Tata Group’s Air India
with 17.47 lakh flyers accounting for 13.1 per cent share of the market pie.
Vistara, a 51:49 per cent joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore
Airlines, was ranked third with 12.84 lakh passengers and a market share of 9.6
per cent during the month. The third Tata Group airline IX Connect (erstwhile
AirAsia India) carried 7.70 lakh passengers in June to clock a market share of
5.8 per cent.
The three Tata Group airlines cumulatively clocked a 28.5 per cent
market share.
Ajay Singh-led SpiceJet carried 7.02 lakh passengers during the month
while Akasa Air, which was launched two years ago, flew 5.9 lakh passengers
during the month with a 4.4 per cent market share.
The data also show that Akasa Air led its competitors with the highest
on-time performance (OTP) -- 79.5 per cent -- at Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and
Hyderabad airports during June 2024, while SpiceJet recorded the lowest OTP at
46.1 per cent among the major airlines.
--IANS
