NEW DELHI: Indian airlines carried 6.35 million passengers during November, down about 51% year-on-year, due to travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to data released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Passenger traffic, however, rose sequentially with more people taking to the skies during November than the previous month. Scheduled commercial airlines had flown 5.27 million passengers during October.
The government also allowed airlines in India to sell seats up to 70% of an aircraft’s capacity on domestic flights during November, which was subsequently raised to 80% in early December, thus boosting travel.
