The data showed that IndiGo led the industry with 75.4 per cent punctuality rate (on-time performance) at the four major airports of Bengaluru, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

It was followed by SpiceJet (74.4), Go Air (67.4) and Air India's domestic operations (66.9).

“The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines for the month of January 2018 has been 1.26 per cent,” said the data. In addition, it disclosed that a total of 694 passenger-related complaints were received last month. The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers carried for the month of January 2018 has been around 0.61,” the monthly analysis said. The data revealed that IndiGo led the industry with the highest market share of 39.7 per cent, followed by Jet Airways (14.3), Air India (13.3), SpiceJet (12.6 ), and GoAir (9.6). AirAsia India had a market share of 4.3 per cent, followed by Vistara (3.6), JetLite (2.3) and Trujet (0.3).

“The domestic passenger traffic continues to show strong growth momentum, growing by 19.69 per cent on a year on year basis. The lower airfares have been a result of induction of more seat capacity as well as crude oil prices staying stable,” said Sharat Dhall, COO (B2C), Yatra.com. “Major carriers further fuelled the growth by announcing sales during the month, despite it being a peak travel month. We do expect this growth trend to continue in the coming months,” he added.