New Delhi: In a development that could be of serious concern to Indian carriers, Dubai-based Emirates flew more international travellers in and out of India than Air India in 2011-12, according to official data.
Jet Airways, however, grabbed little more of the market share than Emirates when it came to international air traffic emanating out of India.
While Emirates cornered 13.04 per cent of the total market share of India, flying 45.32 lakh passengers in and out of the country in 2011-12, Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express jointly carried 41.38 lakh passengers or 11.91 per cent, the data showed.
The global market share of Jet Airways was 15.7 per cent as the private carrier flew 54.53 lakh travellers during the period. Other Indian carriers like Kingfisher Airlines, which was flying then, had a market share of 3.24 per cent, IndiGo had 1.19, SpiceJet 0.86 and JetLite 0.31 per cent.
07/04/13 PTI/Economic Times
