India’s domestic air traffic reaches 86% of pre-Covid level in 2022: IATA
India’s domestic traffic reached 85.7 per cent of the level of 2019 — pre-Covid year — in 2022 even as the recovery in air travel continued in December last year, global aviation body IATA said on Monday.
Total traffic in 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 64.4 per cent compared to 2021, International Air Transport Association (IATA) said.
It also said that globally, full year 2022 traffic was at 68.5 per cent of pre-pandemic (2019) levels while December 2022 total traffic rose 39.7 per cent compared to December 2021 and reached 76.9 per cent of the December 2019 level.
The recovery in air travel continued in December 2022 and for the full year. India’s full year domestic traffic rose 48.8 per cent versus 2021, reaching 85.7 per cent of the 2019 level, it stated.
