India’s domestic air travel soars 8.45% in April; IndiGo leads market with 64% share

PTI Updated - May 21, 2025 at 04:51 PM.

 Cumulatively, from January to April 2025, 575.13 lakh passengers were carried, marking a 9.87 per cent annual rise. 

IndiGo led the domestic market with a 64.1 per cent share, followed by Air India Group (27.2 per cent), Akasa Air (5 per cent), and SpiceJet (2.6 per cent) | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ_B

Indian airlines flew 143.6 lakh passengers on domestic routes in April, 8.45 per cent 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 per cent of the pie, followed by Air India Group (27.2 per cent), Akasa Air (5 per cent) and SpiceJet (2.6 per cent), according to the latest data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

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"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 per cent and monthly growth of 8.45 per cent," 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 per cent while that of Akasa Air and Air India Group was 77.5 per cent and 72.4 per cent, respectively.

The OTP of SpiceJet was at the lowest at 60 per cent, as per the data.

Published on May 21, 2025 11:21

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