Airlines flew 47 % more pax in 2022 vs 2021, but number still below pre-Covid

MUMBAI: Domestic airlines transported 123 million passengers last year as against 83 million in the year 2021 thus registering an annual growth of 47 %, showed monthly traffic data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday. But the number hasn’t crossed pre-Covid volumes as in the calendar year 2019, domestic airlines … Read more

IndiGo bars specially-abled child from boarding flight at Ranchi airport for ‘panicking’; DGCA begins probe

NEW DELHI: IndiGo barred a specially-abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in “a state of panic”, following which the aviation regulator DGCA has started a probe and asked the airline to submit a report, officials said on Sunday. As the boy was prohibited from boarding the airline’s Ranchi-Hyderabad … Read more