Expect overall traffic to reach pre-Covid level by Q2 of 2022: IndiGo CEO

IndiGo is hoping to reach pre-Covid level of overall traffic, both domestic and international, by the second quarter of next year, its CEO Ronojoy Dutta said on Wednesday.

The carrier is currently operating around 40 per cent and 30 per cent of its pre-Covid domestic and international flights, respectively, and it does not plan to lay off any employees this year, Dutta told PTI in an interview.

In July last year, India’s largest carrier had laid off 10 per cent of its workforce due to the coronavirus-induced economic crisis. Before the pandemic hit, IndiGo used to operate around 1,500 daily flights.

IndiGo was operating 80 per cent of its pre-Covid domestic flights in February, before the second wave of the pandemic hit the country. Dutta said the traffic fell in April and May.