New Delhi: India’s domestic aviation market maintained steady growth in 2025, with airlines carrying 152.6 million passengers in the first eleven months of the year, registering a 4.26% increase over the same period last year, according to the latest traffic data compiled from scheduled domestic carriers.
Passenger traffic in November rose 6.92% over October, reflecting sustained demand during the festive and early winter travel season. Load factors remained healthy across major airlines, with Akasa Air posting the highest passenger load factor at 93.8% in November, followed by IndiGo at 88.7% and the Air India Group at 87.5%.
IndiGo continued to dominate the domestic skies, carrying 983.4 lakh passengers in 2025 so far and commanding a market share of 64.4%. The Air India Group, which includes Air India and Air India Express, held a 26.7% share, while Akasa Air accounted for about 5.1%. SpiceJet’s share stood at 2.7%, reflecting its relatively smaller operational footprint during the year.
Operational reliability indicators showed mixed trends. The overall cancellation rate for scheduled domestic airlines in November was 1.33%, with IndiGo reporting a cancellation rate of 1.57%, while Akasa Air remained among the lowest at 0.46%. Most cancellations were attributed to miscellaneous and technical reasons.
Passenger service metrics remained largely stable. Airlines received 1,196 passenger complaints in November, translating to 0.78 complaints per 10,000 passengers carried, with nearly 99.6% of complaints addressed. Flight-related issues accounted for over half of the grievances, followed by baggage and refund-related concerns.
On-time performance across six metro airports showed Akasa Air leading with an OTP of 72.2%, followed by the Air India Group at 69.1% and IndiGo at 69.0%. Industry-wide delays were primarily reactionary in nature, linked to cascading effects from earlier disruptions rather than airport or air traffic control constraints.
The data underscores a year of moderate but resilient growth for India’s domestic aviation sector, even as airlines continue to balance capacity deployment, service quality and operational efficiency amid rising competition.