Domestic Air Traffic Sees 11.28% Growth In January 2025

India’s domestic air traffic grew by 11.28% in January 2025, with 1.46 crore passengers flying, compared to 1.31 crore in the same period last year, as per official data.

IndiGo continued to lead the market, increasing its share to 65.2%, while Air India Group’s market share declined to 25.7%.

Akasa Air and SpiceJet also saw improvements, with their market shares rising to 4.7% and 3.2%, respectively.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated, “Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January 2025 were 146.11 lakh as against 131.30 lakh during the corresponding period of the previous year thereby registering an annual growth of 11.28 percent and monthly growth of 11.28 percent.”

The cancellation rate for domestic flights stood at 1.62%, with Fly Big reporting the highest cancellation rate at 17.74%, followed by Fly91 at 5.09% and Alliance Air at 4.35%.

On-time performance (OTP) statistics showed that IndiGo had the highest OTP at 75.5%, while Akasa Air’s OTP was 71.5%.

The Air India Group had an OTP of 69.8%, Alliance Air’s was 57.6%, and SpiceJet’s stood at 54.8%.

These figures reflect the on-time performance at six major metro airports: Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata.

January’s flight cancellations affected 41,119 passengers, leading to a total compensation payout of Rs 46.46 lakh.

Additionally, 1,78,934 passengers were impacted by flight delays, for which airlines paid Rs 2.38 crore in compensation and facilities.

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