Page 2 - Domestic Air Travel

Top headlines: Recurring payment norms irk users; domestic airfares soar

Airfares on certain routes are up by 30-45% higher during Diwali. This and more on our top headlines today

Ahead of Diwali, domestic airfares soar 30%-45% on high-frequency routes

Increased occupancy coupled with upward revision in fare bands by the government has translated into higher fares during the festive season

Super Sunday for airlines, Dusshera boosts traffic to post-resumption peak

Over 327,000 passengers took 2,372 flights, half of which were operated by IndiGo

Govt hikes domestic airline capacity to 85%, tweaks price caps formula

The move will enable airlines to operate more flights and will push up passenger loads with the onset of festive season next month

Domestic air traffic in August jumps 34% sequentially, says DGCA

Industry wise seat occupancy in August stood at 70.2 per cent

Budget carrier IndiGo to start 38 domestic flights in September

This is aimed at improving accessibility between metros and tier-2 or tier-3 cities.

Over 5 million domestic air passengers in July, 61% higher than June: DGCA

While IndiGo carried 2.9 million passengers in July, a 58.6 per cent share of the domestic market, SpiceJet flew 456,000 passengers

Airlines fly record number of passengers Sunday, outrace govt price band

Govt price cap was effective till July 31 and it was reintroduced Sunday evening, giving airlines time to sell their inventory at competitive prices

Few takers for advance booking of airline tickets even as traffic improves

Average load factors are still around 55% and most of the bookings are for travel within seven days

Air travellers show 2x rise in June first week over May as Covid cases fall

Rise in passenger uptake expected to be swifter than it was after 1st wave

Covid-19 pandemic: Govt cuts airline capacity to 50% from June 1

Decision divides industry with experts calling it interference in commercial freedom of airlines

Domestic air travel become costlier as govt raises lower limit on fares

Domestic air travel is set to become costlier as the Civil Aviation Ministry on Friday raised the lower limit on fares by 13 to 16 per cent, according to an official order

Spike in Covid-19 cases to delay recovery in air passenger traffic: Report

With the rise in the cases across metros, new restrictions cannot be ruled out that could further impact the traffic movement, ICRA said.

India's domestic air traffic falls 37% to 7.8 mn passengers in Feb: Report

Travel curbs and capacity restrictions due to the pandemic were factors

Five domestic airlines to resume operations from Mumbai airport T1 on Wed

Five domestic airlines will be operating 102 flights to 27 destinations on day one of the resumption of flight operations from Terminal-1 on Wednesday

Rumblings and grumblings in the sky

International traffic is showing no sign of picking up and for Indian carriers, West Asia - a lucrative market - is still out of bounds

Corporate air travel takes wing on economic revival, low Covid-19 cases

Online travel portals and airlines say the demand from companies is being led by essential services sectors like pharmaceutical, oil and gas, and power

Tata's airline dilemma

A Tata takeover of Air India is being seen as the best outcome for all concerned

Govt plans to lift cap on flights, wants airlines to fly full capacity

Except IndiGo, airlines resist lifting of cap as traffic uncertain

Domestic air passenger volume falls 57% to 5.2 million in October

Domestic air passenger volume fell 57.21 per cent to 52.71 lakh in October over the year ago period, as airlines continued to operate at a much lower capacity, the DGCA data showed on Wednesday.