November pain: Air India's domestic market share falls to lowest in 2019

The government's refusal to inject money into national carrier Air India shows in its declining market share.

Even as Air India’s CMD Ashwini Lohani has asked the government to financially support the airline till it finds a suitable buyer, the national carrier’s domestic market share has fallen to its lowest level this year.

According to data compiled by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Air India’s domestic market share in November was 12.1 per cent—its lowest level in 2019. The airline carried 1.6 million passengers that month. The decline in Air India’s market share came even as the number of passengers it carried in November 2019 was 14 per cent higher as compared to the same moneth