Air traffic recovers sequentially in January
India’s domestic air passenger traffic grew 3.5% sequentially in January indicating a recovery is underway from the turmoil caused by strict curbs on travel last year.
About 7.6 million passengers travelled on domestic routes last month, credit rating agency Icra said in a statement on Monday. The figure, however, marked a 41% decline from a year earlier.
Airlines in the country are starting to gain from the lifting of restrictions and easing of cap on seat capacity on scheduled flights. Airlines deployed about 71% capacity in January, rising from 67% and 59% capacity deployed in December and November, respectively, Icra said.
