INDIGO CARRIED MOST PASSENGERS IN AUGUST, KINGFISHER WORST PERFORMER
New Delhi,India : No frill airline IndiGo continued its spree of carrying the maximum number of passengers besides having the largest market share in August, as Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, concerned over Air India's performance, asked the national carrier to prepare a plan to enhance its share.
There was a minor increase of 0.5 per cent in the total number of passengers carried in January-August this year compared with the period last year, official data showed.
IndiGo carried 12.05 lakh passengers last month, followed by Jet Airways-JetLite combined flying 11.01 lakh, SpiceJetBSE -1.30 % 8.07 lakh, Air India 7.94 lakh and GoAir 3.24 lakh.
The worst performer was cash-strapped Kingfisher AirlinesBSE 3.70 % which carried only 1.38 lakh passengers in August, while the new scheduled carrier Air Mantra of Religare, which is operating only two small 17-seater aircraft since July 23, flew a few hundred air travellers to Chandigarh and Amritsar.
19/09/2012 : The Economic Times.
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