Emirates has doubled its market share in India to move just below national carrier Air India in the top ten most popular airline websites.
The Middle East-based airline sits within the chasing pack of Kingfisher and Air India behind leaders IndiGo, Jet Airways and SpiceJet.
Most popular travel websites in India for the week ending July 30 2011:
Agencies
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Make My Trip www.makemytrip.com 28.96% 1
2 Yatra www.yatra.com 24.78% 2
3 Cleartrip www.cleartrip.com 12.12% 3
4 AZDreams - India www.azdreams.co.in 4.51% 5
5 Via www.viaworld.in 4.13% 4
6 Travelocity.co.in www.travelocity.co.in 2.29% 6
7 Expedia.co.in www.expedia.co.in 1.92% 8
8 ezeego1 www.ezeego1.co.in 1.74% 7
9 Ixigo.com www.ixigo.com 1.68% 9
10 book.mustseeindia.com book.mustseeindia.com 1.30% 10
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Maps Of India www.mapsofindia.com 13.39% 1
2 Tripadvisor India www.tripadvisor.in 12.52% 2
3 MustSeeIndia.com www.mustseeindia.com 6.75% 3
4 HolidayIQ www.holidayiq.com 4.79% 5
5 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 4.60% 4
6 I Love India www.iloveindia.com 3.18% 6
7 Booking.com www.booking.com 2.44% 7
8 India Mike www.indiamike.com 2.34% 8
9 Goibibo Travel goibibo.ibibo.com 2.32% 9
10 Indif www.indif.com 1.48% -
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 IndiGo www.goindigo.in 16.11% 1
2 Jet Airways www.jetairways.com 15.38% 2
3 SpiceJet www.spicejet.com 10.94% 3
4 Kingfisher Airlines www.flykingfisher.com 7.82% 4
5 AirIndia www.airindia.com 7.36% 5
6 Emirates www.emirates.com 7.17% 7
7 Air India Express www.airindiaexpress.in 5.93% 6
8 AirAsia www.airasia.com 4.09% 8
9 GoAir www.goair.in 3.66% 9
10 Qatar Airways www.qatarairways.com 2.41% -
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise