Airlines to deploy 8% more flights in winter months

India's airlines will operate over 8% more flights in the upcoming winter season at 23,732 flight departures every week, regulatory data showed. This is also 1.4% higher than the winter schedule during the pre-pandemic period of 2019.

- Anu Sharma

Flight deployments for the winter are also 3.6% higher than the summer schedule, when airlines had proposed 22,907 flight IndiGo w departures.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) approves flight departures for airlines in India twice a year under the summer and winter schedules. The winter schedule will be in effect from 29 October to 30 March.