Interesting: In terms of absolute numbers, the market has shrunk by 845k, but 6E and AI have made impressive gains. AI gains are impressive because available domestic capacity has actually reduced mainly because some A320's have been redeployed internationally or on miliary charters.

THe gen feeling we get is that after KF's demise, a lot of passengers came back to try AI for the first time in years and noticed the improvements in service levels. One friend of mine, a senior manager with an IT company in Hyderabad, recently flew AI on my recomendation after a gap of almost 6 years. He was so impressed with the service levels, that not only has he dumped JP (he was Gold) but shifted to FLying Returns of AI! He has also advised his company to shift their corporate flying to AI: airline is offering some kind of deal where if you give them XX rupees business in X months, they will cash refund a certain Y amount. Pretty creative i thought!

on HYD-BLR, a route their company uses often as shuttle, Jet was almost all props, while AI has 3 flights on route all of which are A320 with IFE and all that. When people sit down and evaluate, i guess all these things become essential?