# India’s airline capacity fell 1.5% in August, OAG data shows 2026-08-15T23:11:53+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Domestic and international airline capacity in India contracted 1.5% in August compared to the same period last year, according to aviation research firm OAG. International capacity fell 3.3% and domestic capacity dropped 0.6%. Low-cost carriers hold 69% of the market with 16.3 million seats, a 1.6% decline year-on-year. Full-service capacity decreased 1.2% to 7.2 million seats. IndiGo maintains a 50% market share with 11.7 million seats. Air India, the second largest, saw capacity shrink 4.2% to 3.3 million seats. Air India Express reduced capacity by 8.4%, SpiceJet by 16.6%, while Akasa Air increased by 2.8%. Among international routes, the UAE remains the busiest despite a 4% drop, representing 15% of the market. Saudi Arabia grew 7%, but Thailand fell 21%. The UK recorded a 25% increase, becoming the fifth busiest market. ## Coverage - businesstoday.in This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Air India, Air India Express, Akasa Air, IndiGo, OAG, SpiceJet Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/indias-airline-capacity-fell-1-5-in-august-oag-data-shows/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/indias-airline-capacity-fell-1-5-in-august-oag-data-shows/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/