The domestic air traffic between the January to October period stood at 1254.98 lakhs, up 26.98% year-on-year as against the corresponding period of the previous year, says DGCA.
Akasa Air became the fifth largest domestic airline by cornering a market share of 5.2%, defeating the beleaguered low-cost carrier SpiceJet
With Go First halting operations on May 2, IndiGo's market share grew significantly from 55.4% in April to 61.3% in May.
Jyotiraditya Scindia says after Covid, the increasing number of domestic air travellers is a sign that India is going in the right direction
India's domestic air travel in the full year 2022 significantly improved to 48.8% as compared to 2021 and reached 85.7% of the pre-Covid 2019 levels
IndiGo flew 69.97 lakh passengers, clocking a 54.9% market share, followed by Air India which captured a 9.2% share in December 2022.
Domestic airlines carried 1,105.10 lakh passengers during January-November 2022, up from 726.11 lakh during the year-ago period.
A bunch of factors explain why fares have hardened, especially where supply is low and erratic and why rating agencies continue to maintain a negative outlook on the sector.
The domestic air passenger traffic stood at 114 lakh in October this year as compared to 103 lakh in September this year.
Air traffic was lower than pre-Covid-19 levels of September 2019.
