Indian aviation’s recovery may be hampered by rising jet fuel prices: IndiGo CEO

India’s biggest airline IndiGo NSE 0.72 % is operating more domestic flights on peak travel days like weekends or holidays than it did before Covid-19 on the back of increased connections to smaller cities, amid the industry witnessing a swift recovery in domestic air travel as the pandemic subsides.

“In pre-pandemic times, we had about 1,600 daily flights of which 400 to 450 were international. Currently, we have about 1,400 daily flights of which nearly 80 are international. (These numbers vary from lean to peak travel days.) The peaks are looking good. The government has allowed 100% domestic capacity and our bookings at this time are 90-95% of pre-Covid levels,” said IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta.