More than 10.46 lakh passengers were affected by flight cancellations in December. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), over 93% of the impacted passengers were due to IndiGo cancellations. IndiGo alone affected 9.82 lakh passengers and spent ₹22.74 crore on compensation and services. The overall cancellation rate among scheduled domestic airlines was 6.92%, while IndiGo's cancellation rate was higher at 9.65%. IndiGo, the largest airline in India, faced major disruptions early December, causing its market share to drop from 63.6% in November to 59.6% in December. Passenger complaints were also high, with 29,212 received across scheduled domestic airlines, averaging about 20.41 complaints per 10,000 passengers. Flight delays impacted 8.34 lakh passengers, with airlines paying ₹4.50 crore for facilitation. Additionally, 2,050 passengers were denied boarding, resulting in ₹2.08 crore in compensation. Over the year, domestic airlines carried 1,669.46 lakh passengers, a 3.48% rise from the previous year. Meanwhile, Air India Group’s market share increased to 29.6% and Akasa Air’s to 5.2% in December. SpiceJet also saw a gain, rising to 4.3%. State-owned Alliance Air’s share stayed constant at 0.4%.