Akasa Air filled 53% seats in August, accounting for 0.2% market share

Top-6 carriers posted much higher seat occupancy; experts say not much can be read into Akasa's load factor as airline is at a very nascent stage

Akasa Air, which operated its first commercial flight on August 7, filled 52.9 per cent seats up to August 31, according to aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday.

In comparison, AirAsia India, Air India, Go First, IndiGo, SpiceJet and Vistara filled anywhere between 73.6 per cent and 84.6 per cent seats on their flights in August, showed data released by the DGCA (see table).

However, experts and industry executives said that not much can be read into Akasa Air’s load factor as the airline is at a very nascent stage. The airline did not respond to Business Standard’s