TAKING FLIGHT AGAIN

Battered by the pandemic, the airlines industry is getting back on its feet, aided by infrastructure and stimulus schemes

-  Kaushik Deka

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Minister for Civil Aviation

INDIA'S CIVIL AVIATION SECTOR is among the fastest-growing in the world, with domestic traffic accounting for nearly 70 per cent of the total airline traffic in South Asia. But during the two years of the pandemic, airline operators reported losses of over Rs 19,500 crore and airports Rs 5,120 crore. With domestic traffic now returning to pre-Covid levels regular international flights resuming, the aviation sector is expected to bounce back.