IndiGo is joint India No. 2 with Kingfisher

New Delhi: Just a month after pipping Air India-domestic to reach the number three slot, low cost carrier IndiGo moved up the ladder to occupy the second position along with Kingfisher in December. Also, last year ended with domestic air travellers flying like never before with a record 520.2 lakh people taking to the Indian skies - 18.7% higher than 2009's figure of 438.4 lakh. This is the first time that annual domestic carriage crossed the 5-crore mark.
The year also ended with a low cost carrier turning the tables on full service airlines. LCC IndiGo, that upstaged AI-domestic in November in terms of passengers flown to become India's number three airline, reached the second spot in December. Both Kingfisher and IndiGo had a market share of 18.6% and shared the second spot, according to DGCA figures, with the Jet-JetLite combine ahead at 25.4%.
In fact, 2010 ended on a record-breaking spree. December saw 52 lakh flying within the country - the highest number for a month. It beat the previous high of Rs 48.7 lakh set just a month earlier in November by surpassing May's 47.8 lakh figure. Not surprisingly, airlines flew with their planes full in the range of 78.8% (for AI-domestic) to 93.3% (for IndiGo).
19/01/11 Times of India

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jan 2011, Indigo Airlines Jan 2011, Kingfisher Jan 2011