Average number of daily flyers falls for sixth week in a row

For the sixth week in a row, fewer Indians took to the skies given the fresh surge in covid cases across the country.

Average number of daily fliers stood at 126,000 for the week ending on 1 May, down from 152,000 for the week ending on 24 April, and less than 193,000 in the week ended 17 April, according to a report by ICICI Securities.

Average passenger load factor (PLF), an airline industry metric that measures how much of an airline’s passenger carrying capacity is used, stood at about 50% during the week ending on 1 May, the report added.

For the week ending on 1 May, the average number of departures declined sharply to 1,549 against 1,804 in the previous week. The number of fliers per departure declined to 81 from 84 in the respective weeks.