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Domestic Air Passengers: In the first nine months of the current financial year 2021-22, the number of domestic air passengers decreased by 44 percent compared to the same period of the year 2019-20. However, compared to December 2020, the number of air passengers increased by 52 percent to 111 lakh last month. Rating agency Icra Ratings said in a report released on Monday that due to the new form of corona virus, Omicron, new restrictions are expected in front of air transport amid the resurgence of cases of Kovid-19 infection. This can create challenges for the aviation sector in the near future.
Passenger numbers increased by 5%
According to the report, the number of domestic air passengers in December, 2021 was 5-6 percent more than in November. Apart from this, the number of daily flights in this month was 2,800, which was 2,700 in December, 2020. Apart from this, the average number of passengers per flight in December, 2021 was 129, which is almost the same as 130 in November.
44 percent decrease
ICRA Senior Vice President and Head of Aviation Sector Supriyo Banerjee said that the total number of domestic air passengers in the period April-December, 2021 has decreased by 44 percent as compared to April-December 2019. Apart from Kovid-19, low demand from the corporate sector is also one of the reasons for this.
Restrictions may be imposed again
He said that gradually the boom in the aviation sector has been seen returning. In this, the increased demand for traffic during the festive season has played an important role, but due to the increase in cases of Omicron for the last few weeks, the third wave of Kovid-19 has knocked, due to which there is a possibility of air travel restrictions once again. Is. According to the report, 111 lakh people traveled by air in December, while in November this number was 105 lakh. At the same time, in December, 2020 this number was 73 lakh.
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