‘Travel curbs to undermine air traffic recovery in near term’
The Hindu
Domestic passenger numbers grew almost 6% month-on-month in December
Domestic air passenger traffic grew by almost 6% month-on-month in December but the emergence of the new virus variant and travel curbs by State governments pose a near-term threat to the recovery, noted ICRA.
IndiGo on Sunday said it would cancel 20% of its flights due to a drop in travel demand and a rise in booking cancellations. Government data also shows that domestic traffic shrank by 16% in the first week of January as compared with the same time last month. The downward trend comes after consistent growth in the last few months.
In December, airlines flew a total of 111 lakh passengers, up from 105 lakh passengers in November, said ICRA

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