Domestic Passenger Air Traffic

Overall, the Indian carriers carried a total of 13.027 million domestic passengers, which was 6.38 per cent more year-on-year

SpiceJet carried 554,000 passengers in May, a drop of about 10 per cent month-on-month (MoM). On the other hand, Akasa Air carried 664,000 passengers in May, a jump of about 14.5 per cent MoM

Domestic traffic for Oct '23 was also up 33.7% when compared with the same period last year. This was driven by the triple-digit percentage growth in China

The rise in air traffic comes after the initial days of November registered muted domestic air traffic, which is uncommon for a festive period

Other airlines' occupancy rate zooms past 90%

The domestic airlines carried a total of 37.5 million passengers between January-March 2023 as compared to 24.7 million passengers during the corresponding period in the last year

The passenger load factors - which means occupancy rates - were above 78 per cent for all major Indian private carriers in April, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated.

Scindia said the Centre was working at a fast pace to bring air traffic to pre-COVID-19 levels by restoring domestic and international flights and enhancing the number of services in each state

The IATA, which has around 290 airlines as its members, said the domestic passenger traffic across the world in May 2021 was 23.9 percent less than the figures of May 2019.

Currently, the airlines are permitted to operate not more than 50 per cent of their pre-Covid domestic flights.

Travel curbs and capacity restrictions due to the pandemic were factors

Passengers can defer the 90 per cent remaining payment "for a period of up to 15 days either from the date of bookings or before the date of departure" under this scheme, IndiGo said.

IATA measures passenger growth in revenue passenger kilometres

The IATA represents some 290 airlines comprising 82 per cent of the global air traffic.

In February, it increased by 15.77%