Domestic air traffic growth slowed down to 21 per cent on a sequential basis in November after growing by 30-40 per cent in the three previous months.
Domestic airlines flew 6.3 million passengers in November compared to 5.2 million a month earlier. Last November, airlines had carried 12.9 million passengers.
Apart from a higher base, the other possible reasons for a slower growth include one additional day in October (compared to November). The mandatory RT-PCR tests in Maharashtra, introduced during the last week of November, also proved to be a dampener.
Airline passengers from Delhi, Goa, Gujarat and Rajasthan are required to take a RT-PCR test to be able to travel to Maharashtra.
