The revenue of Indian airlines fell by 85.7 per cent to Rs 3,651 crore during the first quarter of 2020-21 in comparison to the corresponding period a year ago due to COVID-19, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Moreover, employee count at the Indian carriers went down from 74,887 on March 31 to 69,589 on July 31, a decrease of 7.07 per cent, Puri stated in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.<\/p>\n
“The revenue of airport operators has reduced from Rs 5,745 crore during April-June 2019 to Rs 894 crore during April-June 2020,” he said.<\/p>\n
The minister said the employee count at airports has reduced from 67,760 on March 31 to 64,514 on July 31.<\/p>\n
Scheduled domestic flight services were suspended in India from March 25 to May 24 due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown. They were resumed from May 25 but in a curtailed manner.<\/p>\n
The employee count at ground handling agencies fell by 22.44 per cent to 29,254 in April-July period, Puri said.<\/p>\n
In his written reply, Puri was giving information about the “impact of COVID-19 on the civil aviation sector”.<\/p>\n
“The revenue of Indian carriers has reduced from Rs 25,517 crore during April-June 2019 to Rs 3,651 crore during April-June 2020,” the minister said.<\/p>\n
Air India’s total revenue has reduced from Rs 7,066 crore during April-June 2019 to Rs 1,531 crore during the first quarter of 2020-21, Puri stated.<\/p>\n
Puri stated the domestic air traffic in the country fell to 1.2 crore during March-July period as compared to 5.85 crore in the year-ago period.<\/p>\n
International traffic dropped to 11.55 lakh in March-July period as compared to 93.45 lakh in the year-ago period, he added.<\/p>\n
Scheduled international flights have been suspended in India since March 23 due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown.<\/p>\n
However, special international passenger flights have been operating in India under Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral air bubble arrangements formed between India and other countries since July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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