Air India sees drop in number of domestic passengers in first quarter

New Delhi: Air India, the new company created by merging Indian and Air India, has registered the sharpest drop in the number of domestic passengers flying with it among all domestic scheduled airlines during the first quarter of this calendar year compared to the same period last year.
This at a time when the domestic air traffic market has grown by more than 11 per cent with all scheduled airlines carrying 1.12 crore passengers during January-March 2008 as compared to just over 1 crore passengers during the comparative period in the previous year.
The latest data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) show that Air India (domestic) carried almost 2.9 lakh fewer passengers during the first quarter of this year as compared to the previous year.
The increase in passenger traffic carried by the low-cost airlines during the first quarter of this year also saw their market share grow with IndiGo Airline doubling its share of the pie to 10.3 per cent while SpiceJet’s share touched 10.3 per cent (8.1 per cent).
In comparison, Air India saw its market share shrink to 14.7 per cent (19.2 per cent), while Jet Airways’ fell marginally to 22.7 per cent (24.2 per cent) and JetLite dropped to 7.1 per cent (8.1 per cent) during the same period.
15/04/08 Business Line

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Categories: Air India Domestic Apr 2008, NACIL Apr 2008