The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in its latest data has showed that India’s domestic airlines carried over 4.37 crore passengers during January-March 2026, marking a marginal increase over the year-ago period. In March 2026, India’s domestic air traffic inched up to 1.44 crore from 1.41 crore in February, however this figure was lower than the 1.45 crore recorded in March 2025.
According to the data, IndiGo continued to dominate the market with a 63.3% share in March, followed by the Air India Group at 26.2%. Akasa Air and Alliance Air saw their respective market shares increase to 5.4% and 0.6%, respectively. However, the market share of SpiceJet dipped to 3.8% in March, while that of Fly91 remained unchanged at 0.2%.
Data further indicated that in terms of On-Time Performance (OTP), IndiGo topped the list at 88.7%, followed by Akasa Air at 82.6%, Air India Group at 78%, Alliance Air at 62.9% and SpiceJet at 43%. OTP of scheduled domestic airlines has been computed for ten major airports -- Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Cochin, Guwahati and Lucknow. Around 0.92% of the flights were delayed by more than two hours in March.
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