IndiGo clocks record market share at 49.9% in April

MUMBAI: IndiGo, the airline run by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., has clocked 49.9% market share in the domestic market during April, its highest ever since inception as a schedule carrier in 2006, as it flew a record 54.81 lakh passengers during the month, according to the latest data from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

IndiGo, which had a market share of 46.9% in March, carried 54.41 lakh domestic passengers during the month.

“We achieved our highest market share on back of the large number of planes ordered by us, which helped increased our capacity substantially,” said an IndiGo official, who didn’t want to be named.

IndiGo had in 2011 placed an order for 180 Airbus A320 aircraft. It also placed an order of 250 Airbus A320neo aircraft, making it the largest single order ever in Airbus history, in August 2015.