New Delhi: Indian airlines flew 143.6 lakh passengers on domestic routes in April, 8.45 percent more as compared to the year-ago period, amid rising air traffic demand.
In terms of domestic market share, IndiGo topped the list with 64.1 percent of the pie, followed by Air India Group (27.2 percent), Akasa Air (5 percent) and SpiceJet (2.6 percent), according to the latest data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
"Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-April 2025 were 575.13 lakh as against 523.46 lakh during the corresponding period of the previous year thereby registering an annual growth of 9.87 percent and monthly growth of 8.45 percent," DGCA said in its monthly report.
Domestic air passenger traffic was at 143.16 lakh in April compared to 132 lakh in the same period a year ago.
In terms of On Time Performance (OTP) of scheduled domestic airlines -- computed for the four metro airports at Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai -- IndiGo's OTP stood at 80.8 percent while that of Akasa Air and Air India Group was 77.5 percent and 72.4 percent, respectively.
The OTP of SpiceJet was at the lowest at 60 percent, as per the data.
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