As May comes to an end at the start of an early monsoon, it is a month that has become acidic for the aviation industry in India. The Indian domestic aviation had an unprecedented February, as the one -time Maha Kumbh once urged traffic to PrayAgraj, with the most airlines paying the opportunity, even if it faced the public. The high rates were now in the news more frequently. The issue was raised in Parliament and also before the parliamentary committee, with concerns about the affordability of the ordinary man. When the examination season came to an end and stock markets ranged between extreme turbulence and growth, Indian domestic aviation looked at the best summer in history. However, the terrorist attack on Pahalgam on April 22 changed the entire equation. Data shared by Cirium, an aviation analysis business, exclusively for this article shows that airlines intend to operate 23,216 weekly rooms each week, and offer 39.90.579 seats each week. It would have been past Pandemic, with 16 percent more deviations planned in May 2025, compared to May 2019, the last full year of operations before the pandemic hit. . Days before the start of operation Sindoor and days after the stop of the action, passengers stayed away from flights due to the uncertainty of the situation and the possibility of the increase in hostilities. In addition, a fifth of the airports were out of order for civil flights as a precaution. This led to average flights per day in the 200-300 series for the early part of the month, with an impact ranging in the 4200-4.550 flights in May. Where was the new capacity deployed? In terms of frequencies, the maximum capacity is increased between Chennai-Madurai, Hyderabad Varanasi, Chennai Pune, Bengaluru-Patna and Hyderabad-Kochi. Mumbai Bengaluru, Delhi-Goa Dabolim, Mumbai-Jaipur, Mumbai-Goa Mopa and Delhi-Lucknow are the routes that lose maximum frequencies compared to last May. Both Jaipur and Lucknow are due to runway works, leading to long hours of closure for the airports. The action moved from Prayagraj to Srinagar, where the capacity of Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata was added. For the first time in history, Srinagar was ready to handle 50 domestic room per day and more than 350 domestic departure per week. This, along with flights to other popular summer destinations such as Bagdogra and Dehradun, which are Poortjies to Hill destinations, are added by airlines. While passengers moved from one destination to another, there was a limited space to add flights to other destinations at the last minute. What happened? The events of April 22, and the Indian Tri-service response in the form of Operation Sindoor, have seen passengers cancel their plans and more than 20 airports have been closed for the tourism industry for a handful of days. While the holiday quarter was influenced by general elections and heat wave conditions last year, it was different this year. A traditionally good month has restored sharp cuts to the middle of the month, with the 4.9 lakh passengers per day violating the last week of May. There has been a silence in rates and passenger numbers over the past few weeks. It also meant that there are no complaints about high rates. Tail Note Airlines may have been blamed for being influenced by the long general election in the country. This May was the unfortunate events of April that led to an impact. The school holidays in India are scattered. The northern part sees vacations in June, while the western and southern parts begin and end early. As things normalize, will the trip pick up at the last minute in June? Airline hopes it does. Sirium data indicates that June is a decline of about 2 percent departure over May and by the end of the month, as the industry enters the lean season, which is the July-September quarter. In all likelihood, Q1-FY26 was a dud quarter and airlines hoping for a better year ahead.
A promising May has become acidic for airlines in India | Mint
