All Indian carriers flew 60.22 lakh passengers in May compared to 57.10 lakh in April, while the January-May figure stood at 267.22 lakh as against 260 lakh in the same period last year recording a 2.78 percent growth, latest official air traffic data showed.

IndiGo continued to dominate the scene in terms of market share cornering 31.7 percent in May, followed by Jet Airways- JetLite combine with 21 percent, Air India with 18.6 percent, SpiceJet 17.9 percent and GoAir 9.8 percent.

Data for seat factor showed full-service Air India leaving Jet Airways behind and catching up with no-frill carriers like IndiGo, GoAir and SpiceJet.

Seat factor or passenger load factor (PLF) of an airline is a measure of how much of an airline's passenger carrying capacity is used or the average percentage of seats per aircraft filled.

The PLF for IndiGo, GoAir, SpiceJet and JetLite was 82 percent, 81.8 percent, 81.3 percent and 80 percent respectively, which was closely followed by Air India with 79.5 percent while Jet Airways recorded 75.2 percent, the data showed.

PTI