Domestic air passenger traffic up 31% at 66 lakh in August on higher capacity deployment: ICRA

TBM Staff | Mumbai Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 9:34 AM

Domestic air passenger traffic continued on the growth trajectory in August with volumes growing up to 31 per cent to 66 lakh over the previous month, helped by higher capacity deployment and a downward trend in the pandemic, credit ratings agency ICRA said on September 6. The domestic Continue Reading

Domestic air travel bookings gather pace amid festive season

TBM Staff | Mumbai Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 10:50 AM

Air travel bookings in India have gathered pace ahead of the festive season, offering hopes of a full revival for the sector battered by the pandemic. Airlines, however, remain cautious of a potential third wave of Covid-19, mindful of the severe dent to business during May and June this year when the second wave erased […]Continue Reading

Centre aims to make air travel affordable for common man: Jyotiraditya Scindia

TBM Staff | Mumbai Thursday, 19 August 2021, 10:52 AM

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on August 18 said the central government aimed to provide an affordable air travel facility, which even a person “wearing slippers” could avail. As part of the domestic civil aviation sector’s expansion in the past four years, new airports have been opened in many smaller cities and air services […]Continue Reading

Air travel becomes costlier, govt raises caps on domestic airfares by 9.83-12.82 per cent

TBM Staff | Mumbai Friday, 13 August 2021, 4:38 PM

Domestic air travel is set to become costlier as the Civil Aviation Ministry has raised the lower as well as upper caps on fares by 9.83 to 12.82 percent, according to an official order. India had imposed lower and upper limits on airfares based on flight duration when services were resumed on May 25, 2020, […]Continue Reading

India’s domestic passenger traffic falls 71% in May 2021

TBM Staff | Mumbai Thursday, 8 July 2021, 12:00 PM

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that India’s domestic traffic fell 71.0% in May compared to May 2019 amid the emergence of the new and more contagious “Delta” variant. This compared to a 42% decline registered in April versus the same month two years ago. As per IATA, both international and domestic travel demand […]Continue Reading