Mumbai: The omicron wave has begun to hit domestic air travel.
On Tuesday, for the first time in the past two months, daily domestic passenger traffic fell below 3 lakh.
On January 4, only 2.85 lakh passengers were on a flight, according to data distributed by the Civil Service Ministry.
Tuesday usually sees the Leanest traffic and the heaviest Sunday.
But in the past eight Tuesday, passenger traffic is always more than 3 lakh.
Passenger traffic Tuesday was closer to November 2, Tuesday, when 2.84 lakh passengers boarded the plane.
Passenger traffic remains less than 3 lakh until November 5 when 2.73 people fly domestically.
But after that, for eight consecutive weeks, every day, domestic passenger traffic is more than 3 lakh.
For example, on Tuesday, December 28 registered 3.48 lakh passengers, who jumped a little from 3.39 lakh passengers flying on December 21, Tuesday before that.
Other indicators come from Sunday numbers.
January 2, Sunday, is the most popular date for Happy New Year to return home, but passenger traffic is only 3.58 lakh, a 7% decline compared to registered traffic on December 28, the previous week.
“From Mumbai and Delhi, the airline used to operate around 280 flights per week to Kolkata.
Passenger load is usually high on the route because transit passengers connect to the destination of the North East.
Recent restrictions imposed by the West Bengal Government must cause a decline Passenger traffic suddenly on January 4, “he added.
The top three domestic routes from Delhi, the busiest airport in India are Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata.
“In the coming weeks, the increase or decrease in domestic air traffic will depend on the Covid case registered in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Bengal,” he added.
“Currently for a two-week face order period, high rates and then fall around 50% on the main route.
But in the coming weeks, if the traffic continues to fall the tariff might fall, unless the government intervenes,” he added.
A similar pattern was observed last year from March last year with the appearance of the second wave of Covid.
Passenger traffic has started a downward decline with the moon can see the worst decline.