Mumbai: Indian domestic passenger traffic has dropped 37% since January 1, with less than two lakh people flying every day, which took back traffic back to the volume handled in July last year.
It is estimated that the 30% decrease in air passengers is expected in the last quarter of this fiscal, according to flight observers.
On January 11 – Tuesday, usually the Leanest day of the week – Daily traffic fell to 1.8 lakh, showing ministry’s civil flight data.
This is a big drop when compared to traffic seen in the past two months.
From November 6, 2021 to January 3, more than 3 lakh domestic passengers ride flights every day.
“Analysis of traffic data from four private airports – Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad – which accounted for around 90% of air traffic handled by private airports and about 50% of all fiscal year passenger traffic, indicating that Omicron can push air Traffic recovery to Fiscal 2024, “said Credit Rating Company Crisil.
Manish Gupta, Senior Director, Crisil, said, “Personal and business travel will be beaten in January and February, which leads to air traffic which permeated 30% in sequence in the last quarter of this fiscal.” TNN.