{"id":17970,"date":"2022-02-22T09:23:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T03:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=17970"},"modified":"2022-02-22T09:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T03:53:50","slug":"scindia-domestic-air-traffic-to-cross-pre-covid-levels-in-next-2-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/22\/scindia-domestic-air-traffic-to-cross-pre-covid-levels-in-next-2-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Scindia : Domestic air traffic to cross pre-COVID levels in next 2 months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The number of daily air passengers is expected to cross pre-COVID levels in the next two months, <strong>Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia<\/strong> said on Monday and also urged states to <em>reduce tax on jet fuel to boost the country\u2019s aviation sector.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the pre-COVID times, domestic airlines carried around<strong> 4 lakh passengers per day<\/strong> and the number began climbing up after second wave but again declined after the <strong>emergence of Omicron<\/strong> infections late last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Domestis_air_passenger.jpg\" alt=\"The number of daily air passengers is expected to cross pre-COVID levels in the next two months, said Civil Aviation Minister Scindia\" class=\"wp-image-17974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Domestis_air_passenger.jpg 900w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Domestis_air_passenger-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Domestis_air_passenger-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Domestis_air_passenger-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Domestis_air_passenger-360x180.jpg 360w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Domestis_air_passenger-750x375.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">Scindia said capacity and fare caps were put in place to make sure that there was a <strong>\"little bit of an insulated environment in which the industry can function to ensure that all our players survive and all of them get some decent market share and some levels of revenue\".<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Airlines were allowed to operate at full capacity from October 18, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>&#8220;In November, December, we started hitting numbers of 3.8 to 3.9 lakh passengers per day. We were almost back to pre-COVID levels\u2026 with Omicron, number of travellers tanked\u2026 we fell to 1.6 lakh per day. So we had a contraction of about 65-70 per cent,\u201d<\/strong> the minister said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">\"<strong>In the last 5 months, 12 states and Union Territories have reduced VAT from 25-30 per cent down to 1-4 per cent, including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka\u2026,<\/strong>\u201d he said, adding that now 24 states and Union Territories have cut the VAT on jet fuel. <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/new-delhi-union-minister-for-civil-aviation-jyotiraditya-m-scindia-inaugurates--1024x776.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/new-delhi-union-minister-for-civil-aviation-jyotiraditya-m-scindia-inaugurates--1024x776.jpg 1024w, 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