In fiscal year 2021, the scheduled national and international airlines handled almost 84.7 million passengers on domestic and international flights. In comparison with the previous, the passenger traffic grew by 53 percent for airlines.
Number of passengers transported by Indian national airlines from financial year 2008 to 2021
(in millions)
Traffic for scheduled national and international service only.
Supplementary notes
India's financial year begins in April and ends in March. For example, FY 2020 started in April 2019 and ended in March 2020.
Values have been rounded for clarity.
*Value denotes the international operations by scheduled Indian operators were carried as per DGCA's cricular dated 26.03.2020 under COVID-19 restriction.
Data from previous report has been utilized.
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