Sahara’s maket share increases marginally
Private airlines cornered over three-fourths of the domestic aviation market this August, though the share of public sector carrier Indian rose by over 2% compared to that of last year.
By TNN |
NEW DELHI: After declining sharply in the aftermath of the failed merger with Jet Airways, the market share of Air Sahara has marginally increased. While the share of Air Sahara increased from to 8.8% in August 2006 as compared to 8.4% during August 2005, the share of Jet Airways declined marginally from to 31.1% from 31.7%, according to latest data on market share.
Private airlines cornered over three-fourths of the domestic aviation market this August, though the share of public sector carrier Indian rose by over 2% compared to that of last year. Private airlines including the low-cost carriers cornered as much as 77.7% of the total market share, with Indian retaining 22.3%.
The market share of Air Sahara, Kingfisher and Indian rose, while that of major players like Jet Airways, Air Deccan and SpiceJet showed a decline. Kingfisher's share increased from 8.2% to 8.7%, while Air Deccan's share fell from 20.2% last year to 18.3%. The share of SpiceJet declined to 6.3% as compared to 7.5% during the corresponding month of 2005.
The total number of passengers carried by all Indian carriers on domestic sector in August was 25.38 lakh, compared with 24.73 lakh flown during the same month last year.
The maximum of 7.91 lakh passengers was carried by Jet Airways, followed by 5.74 lakh by Indian and 4.64 lakh by Air Deccan. Air Sahara carried 2.25 lakh passengers during the month while Kingfisher and SpiceJet, flew 2.22 lakh and 1.61 lakh passengers, respectively.
The data showed that nearly 7% of the market was now being serviced by new carriers like Paramount, GoAir and IndiGo.
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