In April, India’s domestic air traffic has increased by 8.45% compared to the same month last year. This is the slowest growth this year. It was 8.79% in March and 11.04% in February. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation released the data today, i.e. on 21 May. A total of 143.16 lakh passengers flew in April. This number was 145.42 lakh in March. That is, the number of passengers has decreased by 2.26 lakh. This decrease is due to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April. After the attack, air traffic was disrupted in the northern and western states of India. Indigo is number one in market share, Air India share increased Indigo remains number one with 64.1% market share. The market share remained at 64% in March as well. In April, 91.72 lakh passengers traveled by airline. This number was 93.09 lakh in March. On the other hand, the number of passengers in Air India was 38.9 lakh, which is slightly higher than 38.78 lakh last month. IndiGo remained the most punctual airline IndiGo has been the most punctual airline for the fifth consecutive month. Punctuality has been calculated on the basis of on-time performance (OTP) of scheduled domestic airlines for six metro airports i.e., Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The on-time performance of airlines improved in March after flight delays due to heavy fog in December, January and February. However, flight operations at Delhi International Airport were affected due to the India-Pakistan military conflict and the temporary closure of runway 10/28 after April 20. Cancellation increased by 0.8% compared to March The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines for April 2025 was 0.64%, which is about 0.8% higher than 0.56% in March. But the cancellation rate is lower than that of February and January. The cancellation rate was 0.65% in February and 1.62% in January. Weather was the biggest reason for flight cancellations in April 2025. Last month, 38.8% of all flights were cancelled due to weather-related problems. Technical, operational and other reasons accounted for 25.8%, 22.3% and 11.7% of cancellations respectively. 910 complaints received, all resolved During April 2025, the airlines received a total of 910 passenger-related complaints. The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers in April has been around 0.64.
The main reason for complaints is flight-related problems. All complaints have been resolved.
