India Sees Robust 10.35 Per Cent Annual Growth In Domestic Airline Passengers In FY25

New Delhi: India noticed a strong 10.35 in keeping with cent annual expansion in passengers carried through home airways at 431.98 lakh ultimate fiscal (FY25), from 391.46 lakh within the earlier fiscal (FY24), in line with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) information launched on Saturday. 

In the month of March, the determine was once 145.42 lakh as in opposition to 133.68 lakh all through the corresponding length of the former 12 months, thereby registering a per thirty days expansion of 8.79 in keeping with cent, in line with the legit information. Low-cost provider IndiGo reached 93.1 lakh passengers with a marketplace proportion of 64 in keeping with cent. Air India Group (Air India and Air India Express) flew 38.8 lakh passengers with 26.7 in keeping with cent marketplace proportion, the DGCA information published.

Akasa Air and SpiceJet clocked 7.2 lakh and 4.8 lakh passengers, respectively, ultimate month – with a marketplace proportion of 5 in keeping with cent and 3.3 in keeping with cent. The total cancellation charge of scheduled home airways for the month of March 2025 has been 0.56 in keeping with cent, in line with the DGCA.

During March, a complete of 739 passenger-related court cases have been gained through the scheduled home airways. The selection of court cases in keeping with 10,000 passengers carried for the month of March has been round 0.51. The primary causes for court cases had been flight issues. Airlines have gained a complete of 739 court cases, out of which 733 (99.2 in keeping with cent) had been addressed.

Meanwhile, India’s home air passenger site visitors rose through 6.12 in keeping with cent to 16.13 crore in 2024 from 15.2 crore within the earlier 12 months, in line with the DGCA. The nation’s business airways additionally flew greater than 1.49 crore passengers on home routes in December 2024, which represents an building up of 8.19 in keeping with cent in comparison to the corresponding determine of 1.38 crore for December 2023. Airlines are increasing their fleet in addition to networks to satisfy the emerging air commute call for within the nation, which is likely one of the global’s fastest-growing civil aviation markets.