Domestic air passenger traffic jumps 57% in July compared to June: Icra

Domestic air passenger traffic jumped 57 per cent to around 49 lakh in July, reflecting a significant sequential as well as year-on-year growth amid a decline in coronavirus infections, according to a report. Recording continued recovery, traffic rose 56-57 per cent to 48-49 lakh in July compared to June this year when it was about 31.1 lakh. As against June 2020, the growth is 132 per cent, rating agency Icra NSE 0.25 % said in the report on Thursday.

Icra said that airlines’ capacity deployment for July was around 90 per cent higher than July 2020. There were around 47,200 departures last month compared to 24,770 departures in the year-ago period.