Indian airlines carried 1.42 million passengers on domestic routes in November, up nearly 12 percent from the same period last year, amid rising air traffic demand.
In terms of domestic market share, IndiGo tops the list with 63.6 percent of the pie, followed by Air India (24.4 percent), Acacia Air (4.7 percent) and SpiceJet (3.1 percent). While all these carriers saw their shares grow, Alliance Air’s share was unchanged at 0.7 percent in November, according to the latest data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
“Passengers carried by domestic airlines stood at 1,464.02 lakh during January-November 2024 as against 1,382.34 lakh during the same period last year, resulting in a growth of 5.91 per cent year-on-year and 11.90 per cent month-on-month,” the watchdog said in its monthly said Report.
The number of domestic air passengers in November was 142.52 lakh compared to 127.36 lakh during the same period last year.
In October this year, domestic passengers were 13.6 million.
Air India completed its merger with the full-service carrier Vistara in November.
The on-time performance (OTP) of scheduled domestic airlines, calculated for the four metro airports of Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai, was beaten in November.
IndiGo’s OTP was 74.5 percent while Akasa Air and SpiceJet have 66.4 and 62.5 percent respectively.
Air India and Alliance Air’s OTP was 58.8 per cent and 58.9 per cent respectively, the data showed.
Moreover, data shows that 2,24,904 passengers were affected due to delays in November. The carriers spent around Rs 2.90 crore for the facility.
Last month, 624 passenger complaints were lodged with scheduled domestic airlines.
Around 3,539 passengers were denied boarding in November and the airline spent Rs 2.84 crore to provide compensation and facilities in this regard.
The data shows that 27,577 passengers were affected by the cancellation of flights, for which the airlines spent Rs 36.79 lakh in compensation and expansion of facilities.
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