March 2016: Performances of Indian carriers in domestic aviation market

Airlines in India together carried a total of 78.72 lakh (7.87 million) passengers in the domestic sector in March 2016. Continuing its dream run with above 20% year on year growth rate, the domestic aviation sector had handled 230.03 lakh passengers with 24.03% growth during January-March 2016 over that of the same period a year ago. While the MoM growth rate for the month of March was at 25.25%. While IndiGo maintained and further consolidated its top position in terms of domestic market share, SpiceJet continued to outperform others in terms of load factors with above 90% PLF for 11 straight months and Vistara topped the on-time performance charts once again for 8 straight months. Among the highlights all airlines except Air Costa has increased their Available Seat Kilometers (ASKM), and number of passenger carried compared to that of March 2015.  

February 2016: Performances of Indian carriers in domestic aviation market

Airlines in India together carried a total of 74.76 lakh (7.47 million) passengers in the domestic sector in February 2016. Continuing its dream run with above 20% year on year growth rate, the domestic aviation had handled 151.31 lakh passengers with 23.41% growth during January-February 2016 over that of the same period a year ago. While the MoM growth rate for the month of February was at 24.27%. While IndiGo maintained and further consolidated its top position in terms of domestic market share, SpiceJet continued to outperform others in terms of load factors with above 90% PLF for 10 straight months and Vistara topped the on-time performance charts once again for 7 straight months. Among the highlights, 2016 being a leap year, February got 29th day and perhaps that reflected in the airlines increased passenger figures. In February 2016, all airlines except Air Costa has increased their Available Seat Kilometers (ASKM), and number of passenger carried compared to that of February 2015.