Jet Airways losing share in international market out of India

Citing statistics from aviation regulator DGCA, the report said that Jet share in the international passenger traffic from India came down to 13.9 per cent in the first three months of 2018, compared to 14.5 per cent in the same period a year ago. 

Jet Airways losing share in international market out of India
Jet Airways has not just lost share in domestic market, but also among international fliers as numbers reveal that share of the troubled airline in international market out of India has dropped in the last one year. Image source: Reuters
By ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Fri, Aug 31, 2018
06:48 pm
New Delhi, ZeeBiz WebDesk
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Jet Airways has not just lost share in domestic market, but also among international fliers as numbers reveal that share of the troubled airline in international market out of India has dropped in the last one year, said a MoneyControl report.

Citing statistics from aviation regulator DGCA, the report said that Jet share in the international passenger traffic from India came down to 13.9 per cent in the first three months of 2018, compared to 14.5 per cent in the same period a year ago. 

The biggest gainer is reportedly IndiGo, which has already become a dominant player in the domestic market. Share of IndiGo, which has been eating into the business of its peers in the domestic market, has reportedly risen to 5.8 per cent in the January to March period, from 4 per cent in 2017. 

According to the report, the loss among international fliers will hurt the airline as overseas market has been the Naresh Goyal-owned firm's area of focus for years. Its partnership with Etihad Airways, which owns 24 per cent in Jet Airways, was supposed to help improve the airline’s showing.

The setback in international market occured at a time when Jet Airways is striving hard to hold on to its market among domestic fliers, but it hasn’t worked so far, said the MoneyControl report. By end of June 2018, Jet Airways' domestic share had come down to 13.9 per cent, from 15.4 percent at the end of 2017.

Notably, Jet Airways has suffered a loss of Rs 1,326 crore in the first quarter of the 2018 financial year, after bearing Rs 1,045-crore loss in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal.

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For Jet Airways, the international business is important as it reportedly brings in 53.6 per cent of its revenues, as per first quarter numbers. Although share in revenue has reduced from 54.8 per cent in the first quarter of the last financial year, international markets are critical for it, the report added. 

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