India Becomes 3rd Largest Domestic Airline Market in The World

New Delhi: India became the third-largest domestic airline market in the world. It was in the 5th position 10 years ago.

Ten years ago, India’s domestic airline market had around 8 million seats, followed by Indonesia at 4th and Brazil at 3rd place, and the US and China occupying the top two positions.

According to OAG data, India is surpassing the Brazilian and Indonesian domestic markets to become the third-largest domestic market with airline capacity of 15.6 million seats in April 2024.

India is the fastest growing market across all five domestic markets.

According to the OAG report, low-cost carrier (LCC) accounted for 78.4 per cent of domestic airline capacity in India in April 2024. It is the highest LCC share of any of these five domestic markets.

On November 19, 2023, airlines in India flew 4,56,910 domestic passengers. This was the highest single-day air traffic since the COVID pandemic.

The number of airports in India has increased to 157 from 74 in the last 10 years.