More people board domestic flights to travel in June leaving Covid-19 worries behind

As many as 30 lakh people boarded domestic flights in June to travel within India after the number of Covid-19 cases declined. This was a substantial increase post the second wave in May, where 19.8 lakh travelled with flights. In order to take passengers, 31,700 departures took place last month. This has also increased from last year where 21,696 departures took place in June 2020.

According to Kinjal Shah, Vice President & Co-Group Head, Icra, 1,100 average departures took place on a daily basis in June and this is significantly higher than the average of 700 departures in a day last year in June. The number also remained higher from 900 daily departures that took place in May this year. One flight is carrying 94 passengers now.