January air traffic growth slows down to 3.5% sequentially: Icra

DGCA yet to release traffic data; in December domestic airlines flew 7.3 mn passengers with month-on-month growth of 15%

Domestic air traffic growth slowed down to 3.5 per cent in January on a sequential basis, credit rating agency Icra said in its analysis today.

"The Indian aviation industry has witnessed a continued recovery in domestic passenger traffic in January. However the pace of growth slowed down in January 2021 with a sequential growth (over December  2020) of around 3.5 per cent to 7.6 million passengers," Icra said.

In December domestic airlines flew 7.3 million passengers resulting in a month of month growth of 15 per cent.