Domestic Air Passenger Traffic up 14.5 YoY at 150.3 Lakh: Report

New Delhi: Domestic air passenger traffic in India continued its upward trend in January, reaching an estimated 150.3 lakh passengers, according to a new report.

This represents a 0.7 per cent increase compared to December 2024 and a significant 14.5 per cent jump compared to January last year.

Furthermore, January this year traffic surpassed pre-Covid levels (January 2020) by a robust 17.9 per cent, according to ICRA report.

For the first 10 months of FY25 (April 2024 to January 2025), domestic air passenger traffic totalled 1,372.1 lakh, demonstrating a 7.5 per cent year-on-year growth and exceeding pre-Covid levels for the same period in FY20 by 13.0 per cent.

International passenger traffic for Indian carriers also showed strong performance.

In the first nine months of FY2025, international traffic reached 248.9 lakh passengers, marking a 14.5 per cent year-on-year increase and a substantial 41.7 per cent rise compared to pre-Covid levels.

According to the report, airlines expanded their capacity deployment in January 2025 by 10.8 per cent compared to January 2024. However, capacity was slightly lower (1.2 per cent) compared to December 2024. (IANS)

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