IndiGo poised to replace Air India as third in mkt share

With air traffic continuing to grow at over 21 per cent in June, India’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC) IndiGo is catching up to replace Air India at the third spot in terms of market share.

According to the data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, IndiGo has increased its market share to 16.4 per cent, close to Air India’s 16.9 per cent. IndiGo operates 182 daily flights to 22 destinations, with a fleet of 27 aircraft.

Among the other airlines, Jet-JetLite bagged 26.5 per cent, followed by Kingfisher at 21 per cent and Air India. Among the LCCs, IndiGo is followed by SpiceJet at 13.3 per cent, Go Air at 5.8 per cent and Paramount at 0.3 per cent.

The number of passengers flying in June this year increased to 4.57 million from 3.76 million in the same month last year.

The airlines also performed well in terms of occupancy — IndiGo was at the top with 90.7 per cent, while Air India registered the lowest occupancy, at 77.8 per cent in the month.

Air India passengers, however, had the least number of complains. The highest number of complaints were lodged by passengers against Jet Airways and JetLite, at 9.2 and 4 per 10,000 passengers, respectively, in June. Eight domestic airlines together received 1,617 complaints from passengers in the month, the industry average being 3.7 complaints per 10,000 passengers.