The Hindu Business Line : Jet Airways tops in domestic circuit

THE private sector airline, Jet Airways, occupied the number one spot in the domestic market among the four scheduled airlines operating in the country during 2003-04.

Official sources said that during 2003-04, Jet Airways, which carried 68.98 lakh passengers, enjoyed a market share of 46.7 per cent.

In comparison, Indian Airlines (IA) and its 100 per cent subsidiary, Alliance Air, which together carried 58.08 lakh passengers, enjoyed a market share of 39.3 per cent during the period under review.

Incidentally, this is the second consecutive year that the private sector airline has taken a lead over IA.

In April this year, the figures released by the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed that the market share of domestic passenger traffic carried by IA slipped to 41.8 per cent in 2002-03 from 47 per cent during the corresponding period in the previous year.

On the other hand, during 2002-03, the market share of Jet Airways had gone up marginally to 48.4 per cent as compared to 48 per cent recorded earlier.

During 2003-04, Sahara Airlines, took up third place having carried 19.24 lakh passengers.

The airline had a market share of 13 per cent followed by Air Deccan, which flew 1.49 lakh passengers and had a market share of one per cent.

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