As the number of Covid-19 infections rose, domestic passenger traffic for the Indian aviation sector crashed to around 1.9 to 2 million in May this year from around 5.73 million in April, revealed rating agency Icra. It also said the average number of flights that departed daily was around 900 in May—significantly lower than the 2,000 departures in April this year. The agency said the average number of passengers per flight during May was 72 against an average of 93 passengers per flight in April, 2021.
“The gradual decline depicts the continuous stress on demand, driven largely by the second wave of Covid-19, limiting travel to [people] only taking flights when necessary,” said Kinjal Shah, vice president and co-group head, Icra.
