IndiGo beats Air Deccan as largest low-cost airline

New Delhi: IndiGo, the Delhi-based, low-cost carrier, has ended Air Deccan’s five-year reign as the largest low-cost carrier in the industry. The change took place in August, just before full-service carrier Kingfisher Airlines erased the Air Deccan brand.
Air Deccan, which was renamed Simplifly Deccan after the merger with Kingfisher last year, is now called Kingfisher Red.
According to the data released by the civil aviation ministry today, IndiGo’s market share is 10.3 per cent, while that of Air Deccan trailed behind at 10.2 per cent.
Last month, Air Deccan was still the largest low-cost carrier, accounting for 11.3 per cent of the market, while IndiGo had a market share of 10.5 per cent.
The decline in Air Deccan’s market share has widened the gap between the market share of the Deccan-Kingfisher combine and the Jet-Jet Lite combine in August.
Building on the July trend, during which the Jet-Jet Lite combine had reinforced its position as the largest Indian carrier in terms of passengers, the carriers had a combined market share of 33.5 per cent, while the Kingfisher-Deccan combine was far behind at 25 per cent in August.
12/09/08 Business Standard

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