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Results Out For TripAdvisor’s Annual India Air Travel Survey 2014: Indigo Outshines Other Carriers To Emerge As India’s Favourite Domestic Airline | ||
New Delhi, Delhi, India Highlights - IndiGo trumps Jet Airways as most preferred domestic airline by a higher margin this year as compared to 2013 - Jet Airways takes lead over IndiGo in crucial categories: in-flight entertainment and food/beverages, cabin crew appearance and quality, seat comfort and leg room, website and internet / mobile connectivity on-board, mobile app - Air Asia emerges as the airline travellers are most looking forward to fly with majority (73%) respondents voting for it - 45% respondents this year are comfortable with paying inclusive fares as long as it falls within their budget compared to 24% last year
TripAdvisor®,the world’s largest travel site, today announced the results of its fourthedition of India Air Travel Survey 2014, collected from over 2100 respondents. According to the findings, IndiGo Airlines emerged as the clear favourite in the domestic airline category this year as well leaving the closest competitor, Jet Airways, behind bya margin of 8% vs 6% in 2013.
Commenting on the findings Nikhil Ganju, Country Manager, TripAdvisor India said, “Congratulations to Indigo for emerging as India’s favourite airline third year in a row. In terms of overall experience also Indigo has come out on top with 42% respondents voting for it however, if one reads between the lines there is considerable scope of improvement with respect to its in-flight entertainment and in-flight food/beverages services. On the other hand Jet Airways has been voted the chosen one in a number of categories including in-flight entertainment, in-flight food/beverages, cabin crew appearance, cabin crew quality etc. The airline has also emerged as the number one airline whose app has been downloaded on the mobile phones.”
“It is also interesting to see the buzz Air Asia has managed to generate with whopping 73% respondents wanting to fly with the airline in the near future. What remains to be seen is how they build on this anticipation in the time to come” he added.
Overall Consensus
Seat and Cost Concerns
Tech Rising While web-check shows a sharp increase compared to last year however, not many respondents still follow airlines on social media
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