The spread of the coronavirus took its toll on domestic airlines, which reported a 33 per cent decline in the number of passengers flown in March 2020 at 77.62 lakh, as compared to 1.16 crore flown during the same period previously, the latest data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) shows.
This is the sharpest decline in years and the picture is only set to get worse, as no domestic airline flew any commercial flights in April. The government has stopped to all domestic and international flying from March 25. The ban is set to last till May 3. Till recently, India was reporting over 50 months of double-digit growth in domestic aviation.
