New Delhi, Mar 15 (IANS): Domestic airlines carried 3.86 million passengers during February, Jet Airways (including JetLite) taking the top position with 26.1 percent market share followed by Kingfisher Airlines at 22.7 percent and national carrier Air India at 17.2 percent, an official statement said Monday.

The market share of low-cost carriers during January were IndiGo (14.9 percent), SpiceJet (12 percent) and GoAir (5.5 percent), the civil aviation ministry said in a statement.

Airlines in India carried 4.08 million passengers during January and 4.48 million passengers during December 2009, the statement said.

According to the ministry, Jet Airways carried 1.08 million passengers during February, Kingfisher 877,000, Air India 663,000, Paramount 62,000 while low-cost carriers IndiGo 577,000, SpiceJet 465,000 and GoAir 211,000.

The overall on-time performance of scheduled domestic airlines for January was 71.3 percent, the ministry said.