Domestic Air Travel

IndiGo Airlines will introduce business class from mid-November on a handful of domestic flights, its CEO said on Monday, starting with the Delhi-Mumbai route, as it seeks to tap a growing crop of premium flyers.

India's domestic air passenger traffic rose to 132.8 lakh in June this year which represents a 6.3% increase over the corresponding figure for June last year and reflects a robust 10.4 per cent jump over the pre-Covid levels.

Domestic air traffic touched an "all-time high" of 4,56,082 passengers in a single day on Sunday, with Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia saying that the skyrocketing passenger number is a sign of the country's rising prosperity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday described the number of daily domestic air passengers nearing the pre-COVID level as a "great sign" and said the focus is on improving connectivity across the country.

Mr Scindiasaid there are tremendous growth opportunities for domestic airlines and they are expected to have a fleet of 1,200 planes in five years.

More than 97 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in July, 7.6 per cent lower than the 1.05 crore who travelled in June, aviation regulator DGCA said on Thursday.

Around 1.08 crore domestic passengers travelled by air in April, approximately 2 per cent more than 1.06 crore who flew in March, Indian aviation regulator DGCA stated on Friday.

The rollout of new 5G wireless service in the US failed to have the much-dreaded result of crippling air travel, although it began in rocky fashion, with international airlines cancelling some flights to the US and spotty problems showing up on domestic flights.

Domestic air passenger traffic grew 31 per cent in August 2021 to touch 66 lakh, compared to 51 lakh in July 2021, according to a report by ICRA.

Flights within the country are set to become costlier as the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has decided to raise the lower limit on domestic airfares from 13 per cent to 16 per cent, which will come into effect from June 1.

Air passenger traffic fell in March compared to pre-Covid levels (March 2019) but rose compared to the immediate month prior (February 2021), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said.

Overall, said ICRA, the impact of pandemic will last longer on international travel than on domestic travel.

Passengers will have to spend more money for air travel from now as the Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday increased the lower and upper limits on domestic airfares by 10 to 30 per cent.

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today tweeted to say that a record 2.73 lakh flew across India on Sunday, setting a "new high" since domestic flights resumed in May last year. The minister added that travellers were now considering flying as the "chosen mode of transport" and expressed hope that the numbers will reach pre-COVID numbers s...

ICRA vice president Kinjal Shah said the number of flights departing gradually increased from 416 on Day 1 to 1,488 on Day 128 (September 28).

IndiGo Airlines will introduce business class from mid-November on a handful of domestic flights, its CEO said on Monday, starting with the Delhi-Mumbai route, as it seeks to tap a growing crop of premium flyers.

India's domestic air passenger traffic rose to 132.8 lakh in June this year which represents a 6.3% increase over the corresponding figure for June last year and reflects a robust 10.4 per cent jump over the pre-Covid levels.

Domestic air traffic touched an "all-time high" of 4,56,082 passengers in a single day on Sunday, with Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia saying that the skyrocketing passenger number is a sign of the country's rising prosperity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday described the number of daily domestic air passengers nearing the pre-COVID level as a "great sign" and said the focus is on improving connectivity across the country.

Mr Scindiasaid there are tremendous growth opportunities for domestic airlines and they are expected to have a fleet of 1,200 planes in five years.

More than 97 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in July, 7.6 per cent lower than the 1.05 crore who travelled in June, aviation regulator DGCA said on Thursday.

Around 1.08 crore domestic passengers travelled by air in April, approximately 2 per cent more than 1.06 crore who flew in March, Indian aviation regulator DGCA stated on Friday.

The rollout of new 5G wireless service in the US failed to have the much-dreaded result of crippling air travel, although it began in rocky fashion, with international airlines cancelling some flights to the US and spotty problems showing up on domestic flights.

Domestic air passenger traffic grew 31 per cent in August 2021 to touch 66 lakh, compared to 51 lakh in July 2021, according to a report by ICRA.

Flights within the country are set to become costlier as the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has decided to raise the lower limit on domestic airfares from 13 per cent to 16 per cent, which will come into effect from June 1.

Air passenger traffic fell in March compared to pre-Covid levels (March 2019) but rose compared to the immediate month prior (February 2021), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said.

Overall, said ICRA, the impact of pandemic will last longer on international travel than on domestic travel.

Passengers will have to spend more money for air travel from now as the Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday increased the lower and upper limits on domestic airfares by 10 to 30 per cent.

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today tweeted to say that a record 2.73 lakh flew across India on Sunday, setting a "new high" since domestic flights resumed in May last year. The minister added that travellers were now considering flying as the "chosen mode of transport" and expressed hope that the numbers will reach pre-COVID numbers s...

ICRA vice president Kinjal Shah said the number of flights departing gradually increased from 416 on Day 1 to 1,488 on Day 128 (September 28).