Page 4 - Domestic Air Travel

India's domestic air traffic falls 37% to 7.8 mn passengers in Feb: Report

Travel curbs and capacity restrictions due to the pandemic were factors

Five domestic airlines to resume operations from Mumbai airport T1 on Wed

Five domestic airlines will be operating 102 flights to 27 destinations on day one of the resumption of flight operations from Terminal-1 on Wednesday

Rumblings and grumblings in the sky

International traffic is showing no sign of picking up and for Indian carriers, West Asia - a lucrative market - is still out of bounds

Corporate air travel takes wing on economic revival, low Covid-19 cases

Online travel portals and airlines say the demand from companies is being led by essential services sectors like pharmaceutical, oil and gas, and power

Tata's airline dilemma

A Tata takeover of Air India is being seen as the best outcome for all concerned

Govt plans to lift cap on flights, wants airlines to fly full capacity

Except IndiGo, airlines resist lifting of cap as traffic uncertain

Domestic air passenger volume falls 57% to 5.2 million in October

Domestic air passenger volume fell 57.21 per cent to 52.71 lakh in October over the year ago period, as airlines continued to operate at a much lower capacity, the DGCA data showed on Wednesday.

206,000 passengers used domestic air services since May 25: Hardeep Puri

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that a total of 206,000 passengers have used the domestic air services since May 25, the day when flight operations resumed post-Covid lockdown

Aviation recovery to be delayed as govt extends 60% cap on flight capacity

Move runs contra to aviation minister's earlier statement on likelihood of raising ceiling to 75% of pre-Covid scheduled domestic flights

Domestic air travel figures returning to pre-pandemic levels: Puri

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said domestic civil aviation operations are continuing smoothly and the number of domestic travellers is moving towards pre-Covid figures

Caught in Covid air pocket, SpiceJet posts Rs 593-crore pre-tax loss in Q1

Market leader IndiGo had registered a pre-tax loss of Rs 2,849 crore during the same period

A new high in the sky, domestic travellers touch 143,811: Hardeep Puri

The total number of domestic travellers on Sunday in the country touched 143,811, said Hardeep Singh Puri, Civil Aviation Minister said today

Government allows airlines to increase capacity upto 60% of total capacity

Indian airlines resumed their domestic operations from 25 May after being grounded for two months due to the lockdown to contain Covid-19 pandemic

Big gets bigger

Is dominance of big players necessarily a bad thing?

DGCA blocks SpiceJet's promo offer, says it breaches govt pricing order

SpiceJet was offering one-way fares starting at Rs 899 and a complimentary voucher of up to Rs 2,000 which could be used for future booking

Covid-19 impact: Govt extends cap on airline capacity, fares till Nov 24

On June 26, the government had had allowed airlines to increase flights upto 45% of their total capacity, from the initial cap of one- third of their total capacity.

Domestic airfare cap to remain in place till November 24: Aviation Ministry

Domestic passenger services resumed on May 25 after nearly two months of suspension to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

Covid-19 impact: In June, airlines could only fill two-thirds of seats

The passenger load factor of major scheduled commercial airlines stood between 54 per cent and 68 per cent, which means carriers were able to fill up to two thirds of the total seats in June.

Ban on passenger flights to Kolkata from six cities extended till July 31

The restriction on arriving flights to Kolkata Airport from Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Nagpur & Ahmedabad has been extended up to 31st July

We're confident of operating at 50% capacity: IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta

With 262 planes, IndiGo operated over 1,500 daily flights prior to March 24 but is now operating around 350 scheduled flights a day, which is putting a pressure on its finances