Indian Aviation Industry Plans for 22,907 Weekly Domestic Flights in Summer Schedule

According to India’s aviation regulator DGCA, the country’s airlines will be running 22,907 weekly domestic flights during the upcoming summer schedule, which begins on March 26. The airlines flew 21,941 weekly flights during the previous winter schedule, and this number increased by 4.4% to represent the current number. It’s worth noting that the summer schedule runs from March 26 to October 28.

IndiGo leads the pack with a maximum of 11,465 weekly flights, among the 11 airlines that will operate domestic services in the upcoming season. IndiGo has scheduled to offer 10,085 flights for the 2022 summer schedule. In comparison, Alliance Air, Air Asia, SpiceJet, and Vistara, among the 11 airlines, will operate fewer flights in the forthcoming summer schedule than in the 2022 winter schedule, which runs from October 28, 2022, to March 25, 2023.

According to a recent announcement, SpiceJet’s summer flight schedule will see a significant reduction in weekly flights. The airline plans to operate only 2,240 flights per week, which is approximately 30% lower than the 3,193 weekly flights offered in the winter schedule.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) released a statement on Friday outlining the finalized flight schedule for the upcoming summer season. The schedule includes 22,907 weekly departures from 110 airports, which is a slight increase from the 21,941 weekly departures from 106 airports in the previous winter schedule.

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Scheduled airlines will introduce operations at new airports, including Jeypore, Cooch Behar, Hollongi, Jamshedpur, Pakyong, and Mopa (Goa), and will exclude Ziro and Hindon airports from the summer schedule for 2023, according to the release.

Several airlines have announced their summer flight schedules, with changes in the number of flights compared to the winter schedule. Tata Group-owned Air India will operate 2,178 weekly flights in the summer, a 9.45% increase from the 1,990 flights in the winter schedule. However, its sister airlines, Vistara and AirAsia, will be flying fewer flights in the summer. Vistara will operate 1,856 weekly flights, a decrease of 4.38% from the winter schedule, where it had 1,941 weekly flights. Meanwhile, AirAsia will fly a slightly lesser number of flights at 1,456 compared to 1,462 weekly flights in the winter schedule.

Go Air, now rebranded as Go First, will be increasing its weekly flights by 10.65% in the summer schedule, with a total of 1,538 flights. This marks a significant increase from its winter schedule.

Akasa Air has scheduled to operate 751 flights per week during the summer schedule. Meanwhile, Alliance Air will be reducing its weekly flights by 14% to 887. In contrast, Star Air and Fly Big are planning to increase their weekly flights to 234 and 220, respectively, as per the official announcement. Furthermore, IndiaOne will become a new operator in the upcoming summer schedule, offering 82 weekly flights.

The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected the country’s aviation industry. However, it has been making a strong comeback and domestic air travel has been increasing in recent times.

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