Air traffic in India posted a jump of 7.3 percent in July compared to the same year-ago period, with Indian carriers flying more than 12.9 million passengers in the month, according to the latest official data.
On a consequential monthly basis, however, the July air traffic was lower compared to 13.2 million people carried by the domestic airlines in the previous month of June.
IndiGo continued to dominate domestic air traffic with its market share rising to 62 percent in July, while that of Air India dropped to 14.3 percent, PTI reported.
Last month, the domestic market share of Vistara climbed to 10 percent, while that of AIX Connect – the comb of Tata Group-owned Air India Express and Air Asia – and SpiceJet declined to 4.5 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively, as per the data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The market share of the relatively new entrant, Akasa Air, also slipped to 4.7 percent last month.
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