Indian carriers comprise 43.5 pc of international air traffic, more than pre-Covid times: DGCA

Indian carriers continue to increase the market share in the international aviation sector, with countries in Africa, and the Middle East region accounting for more than half of India's total inbound as well as outbound passengers.

The data released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation reveals that the cumulative market share of Indian carriers by passengers carried on international flights was 43.5 per cent in October-December 2022 up from 39.2 per cent in the corresponding period of 2019. In the year 2020, during the same period, the market share of Indian carriers rose to 65.3 percent, and in 2021, the share of Indian carriers in the total international passenger traffic stands at 49.6 percent

As per the report of year 2022 last quarter (October-December) of DGCA, it was found that maximum passengers are carried to and from United Arab Emirates (32.4 percent) followed by Singapore (7.9 percent),Thailand (7.0 percent), Saudi Arabia (6.7 percent) and Qatar (6.3 percent). Among European countries, the United Kingdom is the most travelled destination as about 4.4 percent international passengers travelled to and from the UK.