Jet Airways has taken the biggest share of the total 31.5 million air passengers this year, followed by National Aviation Company of India Ltd, the erstwhile Indian Airlines.
According to the latest civil aviation ministry figures, Jet Airways has carried 22.4 per cent of the total 31.5 million air passengers till September.
On the other hand, Kingfisher Airlines carried 14.6 per cent of the air passengers, which incidentally is behind NACIL, which had a share of 15.9 per cent.
Among the low-cost airlines, Air Deccan now Kingfisher Red tops the list with a 13.3 per cent market share, followed by Spicejet with 9.8 per cent and JetLite with 8 per cent.
As per the ministry figures, there has been a decline of 0.71 per cent in the number of
passengers this year.