International air passenger traffic in the country reached 79% of pre-Covid levels in June, three months after the government fully reopened overseas flights.
“The steep ramp-up in international traffic during the last three months is supported by opening of major international destinations, easing of travel restrictions and increase in aircraft capacity deployment. Overall, ICRA expects international passenger traffic to reach 90-92% of the pre-Covid levels by end of FY2023 and cross pre-COVID levels in FY2024," Abhishek Lahoti, senior analyst, Corporate Ratings, ICRA, said about India's performance.
But domestic passenger traffic witnessed a decline. It was at 91% of pre-COVID levels in June 2022 compared with 98% in April and May, which ICRA said was due to the end of summer vacation, reopening of schools and reduced leisure travel.
