New Delhi: Call it festive cheer. The long Dussehra weekend saw the highest number of single-day domestic air passengers since the start of the pandemic last March.
About 3.3 lakh passengers traveled by flights on this Sunday (17 October).
After the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of daily domestic commuters crossed the 3 lakh mark for the first time on 9 October.
In a tweet, Union Aviation Minister JM Scindia Said: “The civil aviation sector in India thrives amidst unprecedented challenges, while we make every effort to return to normalcy at the earliest.”
Data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday shows the recovery post second wave with the number of domestic passenger In September, 2021, increased from 67 lakhs (August) to 70.7 lakhs; 50 lakhs (July); 31 lakh (June) With a nadir of 21 lakh seen this May, the peak month of the deadly second wave.
Only three months so far during the pandemic saw more domestic air traffic than this September-December 2020 (73.3 lakh), January 2021 (77.3 lakh) and February 2021 (78.3 lakh).
The second wave saw the number of 57 lakh in March before hitting 21 lakh in May.
scheduled domestic flight Was suspended from March 25 to May 24, 2020. The lowest number of air passengers during the pandemic was seen in June 2020 at 19.8 lakh and last July at 21 lakh. After that the recovery started which was affected by the second wave.
In addition, IndiGo in September was a distant second with 56.2% and Air India 12.1% in the domestic market share. Vistara (8.7%) overtook SpiceJet (8.5%) to become the third largest airline in terms of fliers within India.
Tata JV, Vistara and AirAsia India (5.8%) had a combined market share of 14.5%.
The share of AI that will soon come under its purview is 26.6% – almost a quarter of the market but still less than half of IndiGo’s. GoAir with 8.2% is also leading the way with SpiceJet.
The battle lines are clear. If Tata can properly manage the sudden doubling of its fleet and flight after the AI acquisition – something that was not handled well by Jet when it acquired Sahara and Kingfisher while acquiring Deccan – then The group will have significant domestic market share.
The notion of improving AI in terms of passenger experience will further drive the numbers, apart from providing Tata-AI widebody with the necessary feed to fly nonstop from its Indian hub to North America, Europe and distant continents like the Far East and Australia (when the latter two reopen).
Billionaire Investor Entry Rakesh Jhunjhunwalaof Akasa Air will intensify the competition.
The union that is believed to have revived the jet also hopes to fly by next March, though there is not much clarity on their plans so far.
About 3.3 lakh passengers traveled by flights on this Sunday (17 October).
After the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of daily domestic commuters crossed the 3 lakh mark for the first time on 9 October.
In a tweet, Union Aviation Minister JM Scindia Said: “The civil aviation sector in India thrives amidst unprecedented challenges, while we make every effort to return to normalcy at the earliest.”
Data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday shows the recovery post second wave with the number of domestic passenger In September, 2021, increased from 67 lakhs (August) to 70.7 lakhs; 50 lakhs (July); 31 lakh (June) With a nadir of 21 lakh seen this May, the peak month of the deadly second wave.
Only three months so far during the pandemic saw more domestic air traffic than this September-December 2020 (73.3 lakh), January 2021 (77.3 lakh) and February 2021 (78.3 lakh).
The second wave saw the number of 57 lakh in March before hitting 21 lakh in May.
scheduled domestic flight Was suspended from March 25 to May 24, 2020. The lowest number of air passengers during the pandemic was seen in June 2020 at 19.8 lakh and last July at 21 lakh. After that the recovery started which was affected by the second wave.
In addition, IndiGo in September was a distant second with 56.2% and Air India 12.1% in the domestic market share. Vistara (8.7%) overtook SpiceJet (8.5%) to become the third largest airline in terms of fliers within India.
Tata JV, Vistara and AirAsia India (5.8%) had a combined market share of 14.5%.
The share of AI that will soon come under its purview is 26.6% – almost a quarter of the market but still less than half of IndiGo’s. GoAir with 8.2% is also leading the way with SpiceJet.
The battle lines are clear. If Tata can properly manage the sudden doubling of its fleet and flight after the AI acquisition – something that was not handled well by Jet when it acquired Sahara and Kingfisher while acquiring Deccan – then The group will have significant domestic market share.
The notion of improving AI in terms of passenger experience will further drive the numbers, apart from providing Tata-AI widebody with the necessary feed to fly nonstop from its Indian hub to North America, Europe and distant continents like the Far East and Australia (when the latter two reopen).
Billionaire Investor Entry Rakesh Jhunjhunwalaof Akasa Air will intensify the competition.
The union that is believed to have revived the jet also hopes to fly by next March, though there is not much clarity on their plans so far.
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