Recovery in domestic air passenger traffic continues in Oct: Icra

Domestic air travel demand continued on an upward trajectory month-on-month, with the October volume witnessing a 33% growth to 52 lakh passengers over September, Icra said.

On a year-on-year basis, however, the domestic travel demand declined 58%and internationally the fall was 87 %, it said. The Indian aviation industry has witnessed continued recovery in domestic passenger traffic in October with a sequential growth (over September) of around 33 per cent to around 52 lakh passengers, Icra said in a release on Friday. Icra further noted that the capacity deployment in October 2020 at around 52 per cent over the same month last year, is a significant increase over the around 33 per cent capacity deployed in August and around 46 per cent capacity in September this year.