The Hindu Business Line : Indian market share touches 22% in March

A press statement from Indian said the airline recorded an average carriage of 21.9 million RPKs (revenue passenger km) per day and achieved a market share of 21.9 per cent. RPKs is calculated by multiplying the number of paying passengers carried with the number of kilometres flown.

The airline registered an increase of 27.5 per cent in daily passenger carriage over March 2006, achieving a carriage of 23,740 domestic passengers per day. The airline also registered an increase of 2.5 per cent over the February 2007 market share, achieving a domestic market share of 21.9 per cent.

Month-increase

Indian is the only airline that has registered an increase in its market share in March 2007 over February 2007, the statement said. Indian's domestic seat factor of 71.8 per cent in March 2007 is also higher than the industry average seat factor of 69.5 per cent.

The statement said Indian has been able to achieve a higher market share because of initiatives like premium economy fares, surf and save and corporate super saver scheme besides product upgrades in both technology and inflight service and a highly improved on-time performance, increased reach and connectivity and participation with global distribution systems.

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