Airlines allowed to operate at full capacity from 18 October.
- ByManjeet Singh | October 13, 2021
From October 18, all restrictions on domestic flight movements will be lifted, allowing airlines to operate at full capacity. As a result of the Covid disruption last May, airlines were forced to impose these restrictions. However, the government is yet to remove the fare caps.
Following a review of the current status of scheduled domestic operations, the ministry took the decision on Tuesday.
“It is a welcome move as we believe that with the recent pent-up demand combined with the upcoming festival season it will be great to operate flights on pre-pandemic levels. We are quite bullish about the overall growth and demand for domestic travel,” said an IndiGo spokesperson.
“Growing travel confidence has also resulted in a shift in advance purchase pattern trends,” said Aloke Bajpai, co-founder and CEO of ixigo. “Share of bookings for travel beyond 30 days has increased in September, indicating pre-planned advance purchase behaviour, which had become last-minute purchase behaviour during the pandemic.’’, He further added.
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