IndiGo, SpiceJet and Vistara register increase in market share in April

IndiGo, SpiceJet and Vistara registered an increase in market share during the month of April over March even as Jet Airways (Jet Airways and JetLite) and Air India lost market share during the month.

The change in market share happened during the month, when total number of passengers flying grew by 23.33 per cent over the same month last year.

The highest growth in market share was registered by Vistara, which grew its market share from 0.5 per cent in March to 1.1 per cent during the month. IndiGo, India’s largest carrier in terms of passengers carries, further widened its lead over its competitors by carrying 37.8 per cent of the total passengers during April compared to 36.4 per cent during March.

In terms of load factors, SpiceJet flew its flights with most number of passengers per flight and clocked load factors of 88.7 per cent followed by IndiGo at 85.7 per cent. Vistara clocked the best-ever load factors since it started flying and flew with 67.3 per cent of seats full in each flight.