Indian aviation sector is still in the eye of storm: Airbus India prez

The Indian aviation sector is showing positive signs after being completely shut down during the coronavirus-induced lockdown last year but remains in the “eye of the storm”, Rémi Maillard, President and Managing Director, Airbus India and South Asia has said.

Indian airlines are currently carrying 60 per cent of the total pre-COVID domestic passengers and this is better than most countries in the world, he said in an interview to PTI.

“This is better but this is far from being a sustainable situation. We are not out of the woods yet. We are still in the eye of the storm,” he added.

Airbus has been observing positive signs such as the pent-up demand for leisure travel in India, he noted.