From correspondents in Delhi, India, 08:02 PM IST

Over a crore passengers travelled by air in the domestic sector in the April-June quarter, an increase of about 11 lakh compared to the previous quarter, according to official data released Monday.

About 1.09 crore passengers flew in April-June, up from 98.22 lakh in January-March, data released by the Director General of Civil Aviation showed.

Private carrier Kingfisher Airlines topped the list, scoring 25.3 percent in terms of passenger load share between April and June.

It was followed by Air India (domestic) at 17.5 percent and Jet Airways at 16.3 percent. Low cost carriers like IndiGo scored 13.7 percent, SpiceJet 12.4 percent and GoAir accounting for 4.9 percent.

The passenger load in the first half of the year was 2.1 crore passengers, down 8.05 percent as compared to 2.3 crore in the year-ago period.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)