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Domestic aviation

Domestic aviation: 12.13 million in August 2026

12.13 million

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Notes

The table retains the source’s published periods. Missing observations are not zero and have not been interpolated.

Publication cadence: Monthly. Missing observations are not zero.

Monthly passengers

Monthly passengers
PeriodPassengersLoad factor
August 202612.13 million79.02%
July 202612 million83.12%
June 202613.46 million85.67%
May 202615.39 million85.92%
April 202613.81 million81.95%
March 202614.37 million83.42%
February 202614.06 million89.32%
January 202615.25 million87.45%
December 202514.31 million88.85%
November 202515.24 million88.47%
October 202514.03 million81.37%
September 202512.64 million81.44%
August 202512.95 million84.09%
July 202512.61 million82.85%
June 202513.6 million84.5%
May 202514.05 million83.93%
April 202514.31 million86.12%
March 202514.54 million83.79%
February 202514.12 million90.43%
January 202514.7 million88.29%
December 202414.93 million88.85%
November 202414.25 million89.4%
October 202413.66 million82.41%
September 202413.03 million83.01%
August 202413.13 million82.81%
July 202412.99 million85.02%
June 202413.21 million87.33%
May 202413.8 million88.86%
April 202413.2 million86.8%
March 202413.37 million86.04%
February 202412.65 million89.01%
January 202413.13 million89.19%
December 202313.8 million90.71%
November 202312.74 million86.29%
October 202312.64 million84.55%
September 202312.25 million85.62%
August 202312.42 million84.74%
July 202312.1 million84.13%
June 202312.49 million90.83%
May 202313.21 million91.66%
April 202312.89 million88.33%
March 202312.89 million85.66%
February 202312.07 million88.36%
January 202312.55 million84.86%
December 202212.74 million88.84%
November 202211.68 million87.7%
October 202211.4 million83.21%
September 202210.35 million81.7%
August 202210.12 million78.83%
July 20229.7 million77.98%
June 202210.51 million79.07%
May 202211.47 million82.91%
April 202210.55 million80.51%
March 202210.62 million82.26%
February 20227.7 million85.34%
January 20226.41 million65.37%
December 202111.16 million79.52%
November 202110.47 million80.05%
October 20218.78 million77.18%
September 20216.89 million72.32%
August 20216.54 million71.99%
July 20214.9 million66.46%
June 20213.03 million62.75%
May 20212.04 million49.29%
April 20215.65 million59.82%
March 20217.79 million68.12%
February 20217.8 million74.85%
January 20217.7 million69.23%
December 20207.31 million70.29%
November 20206.34 million72.65%
October 20205.27 million66.89%
September 20203.94 million64.34%
August 20202.83 million65.7%
July 20202.1 million57.96%
June 20201.98 million59.48%
May 2020278,41750.8%
March 20207.74 million73.09%
February 202012.33 million87.74%
January 202012.75 million85.96%
December 201912.98 million87.91%
November 201912.91 million89.56%
October 201912.28 million83.56%
September 201911.49 million85.5%
August 201911.76 million85.11%
July 201911.86 million86.31%
June 201911.99 million89.35%
May 201912.15 million89.88%
April 201910.97 million87.49%
March 201911.56 million86.53%
February 201911.32 million89.11%
January 201912.47 million85.93%
December 201812.65 million87.49%
November 201811.61 million84.14%
October 201811.81 million83.01%
September 201811.36 million83.96%
August 201811.32 million83.41%
July 201811.66 million86.62%
June 201811.29 million85.33%
May 201811.82 million87.81%
April 201811.48 million89.49%
March 201811.54 million88%
February 201810.72 million90.98%
January 201811.45 million89.06%
December 201711.21 million89.49%
November 201710.45 million89.2%
October 201710.42 million84.82%
September 20179.55 million84.48%
August 20179.66 million83.54%
July 20179.53 million83.19%
June 20179.54 million85.94%
May 201710.14 million88.87%
April 20179.1 million85.56%
March 20179.01 million81.78%
February 20178.62 million87.16%
January 20179.55 million88.26%
December 20169.52 million88.69%
November 20168.94 million84.48%
October 20168.64 million81.09%
September 20168.2 million82.53%
August 20168.35 million82.24%
July 20168.48 million84.13%
June 20167.93 million81%
May 20168.62 million86.44%
April 20167.9 million84.03%
March 20167.84 million82.81%
February 20167.44 million84.85%
January 20167.62 million84.26%

data.indiadispatch.com

Airlines

Airlines
AirlinePassengersMarket shareLoad factor
Indigo7.89 million65.04%79.24%
Air India1.82 million15.01%74.06%
Air India Express1.41 million11.64%81.47%
Akasa Air667,7235.51%87.64%
Spicejet139,8591.15%79.93%
Star Air83,8320.69%73.61%
Fly 9158,0290.48%75.04%
Alliance Air57,1980.47%58.82%
IndiaOne1,5850.01%47.55%

data.indiadispatch.com

Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation, India Dispatch Research

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India by the numbers, Domestic aviation, August 2026. 12.13 million. Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation. https://data.indiadispatch.com/economy/domestic-aviation

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