India will see negative to low single digit air traffic growth in FY20, but could see airlines report industry-wide net profit of upto $700 million, aviation consultancy CAPA said in its report on Thursday. This would be first industry-wide net profit for airlines in India since 2003, it said.
In February, CAPA had estimated a growth of 14-16 per cent in domestic air travel, a 10-12 per cent growth in international air travel and induction of 90 aircraft in FY20. The estimate has now been revised following the grounding of Jet Airways.
Jet, which had around 14 per cent and 12 per cent share in overall domestic and international seat capacity in India, closed down on April 17. Jet had 119 aircraft. The grounding has led to a decline in traffic, but has improved the yields for airlines.
