India's domestic air passenger traffic fell 6.34 per cent year-on-year to 121.26 lakh in August, according to data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday.
Domestic airlines had carried 129.47 lakh passengers in August 2025.
"Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-August 2026 were 1,105.30 lakh as against 1,107.26 lakh during the corresponding period of the previous year, thereby registering an annual growth of -0.18 per cent and monthly (August 2026 vs August 2025) growth of -6.34 per cent," the DGCA said.
IndiGo's market share declined to 65 per cent in August from 67.4 per cent in July, a sequential drop of 2.4 percentage points, according to the data.
Air India Group's share, meanwhile, rose to 26.7 per cent in August, up 2.7 percentage points from the previous month.
SpiceJet's market share declined to 1.2 per cent from 1.6 per cent in July, while Akasa Air's share remained unchanged at 5.5 per cent.
In terms of On Time Performance (OTP) at 10 major airports, IndiGo topped the list in August with 91.5 per cent, followed by Akasa Air at 90.5 per cent and Air India Group at 83.9 per cent.
The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines stood at 1.39 per cent during August.