Domestic air traffic sequential growth slows down to 1.2% in February

Domestic air traffic has been growing in double digits since August and pace slowed down in January

Domestic air traffic registered a marginal 1.2 per cent sequential growth in February. This was the second consecutive single-digit traffic growth and came in the backdrop of tightening of travel restrictions and introduction of RT-PCR tests by more states. February had three fewer days than January and that too impacted the traffic figure.
 
In February, domestic airlines flew 7.82 million passengers compared to 7.73 million in January. On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, traffic declined by 36.7 per cent.
 
Total number of departures declined by 5.7 per cent in February, resulting in improved load factors for airlines.
 
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