India`s domestic air passenger traffic increases 1.89% to 140.56 lakh in May: DGCA
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in its monthly data has showed that India's domestic air passenger traffic increased 1.89 per cent to 140.56 lakh in May 2025 as compared to that of the same month last year. The number of domestic passengers flown by the Indian airline in May 2024 was 137.96 lakh.
Data further stated that in May 2025, IndiGo flew a total of 93.09 lakh passengers with a market share of 64 per cent, followed by the Air India Group, which recorded 37.22 lakh passengers, grabbing a market share of 26.5 per cent market share. The two other major carriers Akasa Air and SpiceJet flew 7.48 lakh and 3.40 lakh passengers, respectively, during the month under review.
As per the data, Akasa's market share stood at 5.3 per cent in May 2025 while SpiceJet's share in the total domestic passenger traffic was 2.4 per cent. In terms of scheduled integrity, IndiGo delivered the highest on-time performance at 84 per cent in May followed by Air India, which clocked 79.7 per cent OTP from six key airports.
