Recovery winds, airlines’ expansion plans, Covid air pockets await Indian aviation sector in 2023

With tailwinds of high domestic air passenger traffic and airlines’ ambitious expansion plans, the country’s civil aviation sector is firmly on a V-shaped recovery trajectory but the gathering Covid clouds and geopolitical headwinds could cause turbulence in 2023. Air India’s plans for expansion and consolidation of operations, IndiGo’s focus on wide-body planes, Jet Airways’ future flight path and airlines’ overall profitability will be key factors for the aviation sector, which has been witnessing more than four lakh domestic passengers daily for the past few weeks.