NEW DELHI: The grounding of aircraft by Jet AirwaysNSE 3.43 % has reduced the availability of seats locally by about a million in the past one month, depriving India of the distinction of being the world’s fastest expanding domestic aviation market.
Estimated data on the number of seats per month show that domestic availability reduced by 1.3 million from 14.7 million seats in January to 13.4 million in February, primarily due to the grounding of planes by Jet Airways.
IndiGo’s flight cancellations due to crew shortage also contributed marginally to the decline in capacity.
