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India's airlines: Meet the winners and losers!

Last updated on: June 19, 2012 08:48 IST
Ground staff guide a Jet Airways aircraft towards a gate on the tarmac at Bengaluru International Airport.

India's domestic air traffic rose during to 258.07 lakh from January to May 2012 as against 244.98 lakh during the corresponding period of previous year, registering a growth of 5.34 per cent.

Here's how the 6 airlines performed in May...


India's airlines: Meet the winners and losers!

Last updated on: June 19, 2012 08:48 IST
Jet Airways.

1. Jet Airways
 
With a market share 21.4 per cent for Jet Airways and 6.5 per cent for Jet Konnect in May, the combined share of the Jet Group stood at 27.9 per cent.

Seat factor in May: 77.1%
On time performance: 85.6%
Passenger complaints
Jet Airways: 1.5
JetLite: 1.4

(Passenger complaints is No. of complaints/10,000 passengers)


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India's airlines: Meet the winners and losers!

Last updated on: June 19, 2012 08:48 IST
IndiGo airlines.

2. IndiGo

IndiGo is ranked second with a market share of 24.9 per cent.

Seat factor in May: 86.3
On time performance: 91.5%
Passenger complaints: 2

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India's airlines: Meet the winners and losers!

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SpiceJet.

3. SpiceJet

SpiceJet stayed ahead of Air India at the third position with a market share of 18.5 per cent.

Seat factor in May: 82%
On time performance: 80.8%
Passenger complaints: 1.4

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India's airlines: Meet the winners and losers!

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Air India's Airbus A321 (L) and Boeing 777-200 LR aircraft.

4. Air India

Air India market share fell further to 16.2 per cent from 17.6 per cent in April.

Seat factor in May: 70.6%
On time performance: 88%
Passenger complaints: 1.5

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GoAir.

5. GoAir

With a market share of 7.2 per cent, GoAir stood at the fifth position.

Seat factor in May: 78.1%
On time performance: 88.6%
Passenger complaints: 1.9

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India's airlines: Meet the winners and losers!

Last updated on: June 19, 2012 08:48 IST

6. Kingfisher Airlines

Kingfisher Airlines is at the bottom of the charts, with a market share of 5.2 per cent.

Seat factor in May: 73.3%
On time performance: 80.2%
Passenger complaints: 1