11 million people took flights from April to June amid Covid second wave: Centre

Nearly 11 million people availed of flight services between April and June this year amid the second wave of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, Union minister of state for civil aviation VK Singh informed the Parliament on Wednesday. The number is 53 per cent less than the January to March period when India was reporting comparatively lesser number of new cases daily.

“The domestic passenger traffic has decreased from over 23 million in January to March 2021 to around 11 million in the April to June period – a decline of 53%. This has had an adverse impact on the financial position of the airline industry,” the minister added in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.