Mumbai: Domestic air passenger traffic rose 6.19 percent in June over the year-ago period, with local carriers flying 12.02 million passengers in the month, show the monthly data from regulator DGCA. The uptick in June follows a marginal under 3 percent growth in May ferrying 112 million passengers. However, IndiGo's market share declined 0.9 percent to 48.1 percent, while Spicejet cornered 15.6 percent of the traffic volume and Air India's had 12.9 percent of the pie. The DGCA attributed the marginal improvement in traffic volume to the ongoing tourist season. The on-time performance is measured only from the operations of airlines from the New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad airports.

Source: Mint July 19, 2019 16:52 UTC