Mumbai: Domestic air passenger traffic increased by 4.4 per cent to nearly 1.37 crore in May, according to official data released on Friday.

Indian scheduled air operators flew 1.32 crore passengers on domestic routes in May last year.

"The number of passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-May 2024 was 661.42 lakh, compared to 636.07 lakh during the same period last year, registering an annual growth of 3.99 per cent and monthly growth of 4.40 per cent," the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said. Went." Aviation (DGCA) said.

In terms of on-time performance (OTP), Akasa Air tops with 85.9 per cent, followed by Vistara (81.9 per cent), AIX Connect (74.9 per cent), IndiGo (72.8 per cent), Air India (68.4 per cent). percent) and SpiceJet (60.7 percent), according to the data.

Over the past month, no-frills carrier IndiGo's market share rose to 61.6 per cent, while Air India's share declined to 13.7 per cent from 14.2 per cent in April.

DGCA said Vistara's market share remained at 9.2 per cent but AEX Connect's market share fell from 5.4 per cent to 5.1 per cent.

Air India, Vistara and AIX Connect are part of the Tata group.

Meanwhile, Akasa Air's market share increased to 4.8 percent in May from 4.4 percent in April.

At the same time, SpiceJet's market share declined to 4 percent from 4.7 percent last month.