Fuel, currency, and low fares – compared to other aviation markets in the region – are three challenges faced by airlines in India even as the country’s aviation sector is on path to recovery from Covid pandemic, a top official of airplane maker Boeing said on Friday.
Aviation fuel in India is 90 per cent higher when compared to Middle East and Africa, Asian and Oceania, and North America.
About 70 per cent of airlines operational costs are priced in US dollars. Though the Indian rupee was stable through the pandemic, this continued to be a watch item, said Dave Schulte, Managing Director, Regional Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
