Domestic air passengers up 96% last month over January 2022

MUMBAI: India registered a domestic passenger traffic growth of 96% in January 2023 as airlines flew 125 lakh passengers compared to 64 lakh flown in January 2022, the month when the Covid third wave had started hitting air travel.

This January also marked the beginning of the conventional lean quarter for domestic travel as Indian carriers flew about two lakh fewer passengers when compared to the previous month, December 2022, showed monthly traffic data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Monday. Every single carrier flew fewer passengers in January than in December, the month when year-end travel demand had long queues at metro airports such as Delhi and Mumbai.