Air travel may maintain Diwali heights: IndiGo CEO

IndiGo NSE -1.54 % CEO Ronojoy Dutta has been surprised by the strength of the recovery in air traffic as Indians fly to their favourite leisure destinations and to meet family and friends with Covid numbers declining and more people getting fully vaccinated.

“I would say that the traffic during this Diwali was ahead of our expectations and we see this demand continuing till March of next calendar year,” Dutta told ET in an interview. Business travelers are also returning but India’s biggest carrier hasn’t been able to swing back to profit, even operationally, because international flights haven’t fully resumed and the price of fuel has surged. Overseas flights are restricted to those countries with which India has ‘bubble’ arrangements.