Domestic flyers up by 20% in Feb, DGCA report reveals

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in its monthly report on Monday said that around 76.96 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in February, approximately 20 per cent more than the 64.08 lakh who flew in January. The February figure is a sign that the domestic aviation market is recovering after the 43 perncent dip that was observed in January due to the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus.

In December last year, 1.12 crore domestic passengers travelled by air. The passenger load factors — which means occupancy rates — increased for all Indian carriers in February as compared to January. The load factors of SpiceJet, IndiGo, Vistara, Go First, Air India and AirAsia India were 89.1 percent, 85.2 percent, 87.1 percent, 87 percent, 84.1 percent and 83.2 percent, respectively, in February 2022, it mentioned.