Freshers garner 38.5% of domestic skies in June

New Delhi: The group of five start-ups in the domestic skies - Air Deccan, Kingfisher Airlines, SpiceJet, GoAir and Paramount Airways - have together cornered 38.5% of the Indian skies in June 2006.
This marks a 2.5% growth in their cumulative marketshare over 36% held in May 2006. According to latest air travel data with the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), the three low-cost airlines alone now account for slightly over 30% of the domestic air travel pie.
While Air Deccan has ended June with a 20.3% share of the market, SpiceJet controls 7.8% of the market, followed by Wadia family's GoAir at 2%. The two full-service start-ups - Kingfisher and Paramount - together account for 8.4% of the air travel market.
Jet Airways continued to be the largest domestic airline, though its share of the pie has dropped slightly to 31.2%. Air Sahara, also saw its market share drop slightly to 7.3% in June, while state-owned Indian Airlines has seen its share grow to 23%.
17/07/06 Byas Anand/Times of India

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