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Indian airlines carried 1.01 crore passengers in August, reflecting a more than 4 per cent growth in domestic air traffic compared to the previous month.
The carriers flew 97.05 lakh passengers in July.
"Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-August 2022 were 770.70 lakh as against 460.45 lakh during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering annual growth of 67.38 per cent and monthly growth of 50.96 per cent," DGCA said on Friday (17 september).
In August, IndiGo remained the country's largest airline with a market share of 57.7 per cent, followed by Vistara with a share of 9.7 per cent, which was lower than 10.4 per cent registered in July, as per DGCA data.
IndiGo's market share declined from 58.8 per cent in July.
The country's new airline Akasa, which started operations on August 7, garnered a 0.2 per cent market share.
Last month, Air Asia was on top in terms of On-Time Performance (OTP) while SpiceJet had the highest passenger load factor.
After being severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the country's civil aviation sector is on the recovery path.
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