Online travel aggregators see 40% demand revival in air travel
BENGALURU : With domestic flights resuming in a staggered manner, online travel aggregators (OTA) in India are seeing a 30-40% rise in demand with some selling more than 5,000 tickets a day. However, flight cancellations are affecting revenues of OTAs, industry officials said.
The government imposed a lockdown in late March, which extended until May-end. All domestic and international flights were temporarily put on hold during this period, causing distress to online travel firms. Domestic flights resumed from May-end.
OTAs are now betting on the reopening of local tourism to increase sales.
