After dominating Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Bengaluru, Air India is now giving IndiGo a dogfight on India’s top 10 routes

Last November, when Vistara merged with Air India, there was a change in market leadership on certain domestic routes. Vistara, which had aggressively expanded after the fall of Jet Airways, was neck-and-neck with its erstwhile rival Air India on a few routes, after IndiGo had gained market leadership from Jet.

The tables turned post-merger, with Air India seizing the leadership position on the country’s top two routes – Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi and Delhi-Bengaluru-Delhi. A year down the line, Air India has made further inroads, challenging IndiGo across the top 10 routes in the country.