Cricket WC final drives highest-ever single-day air traffic at 460,000

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 gave a boost to the air traffic in the country, as the number of people taking flights reached its highest at 460,000 on a single day, The Times of India (ToI) reported. This comes a week after Diwali, which recorded low daily flyer numbers at under 400,000. Industry experts said that the airlines were expecting very high traffic, and to make the most of the situation, airlines set high fares more than a month before Diwali. This resulted in air traffic going down, the experts told the newspaper. The high fares directed travellers to premium AC trains.