Domestic airlines carried nearly 4.45 lakh passengers on Sunday, with Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia saying it is yet another milestone.
Prior to Covid, the average daily domestic passenger number was 3,98,579.
Yet another milestone! Indian civil aviation continues to soar! pic.twitter.com/NAzBLwuM0F
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) February 20, 2023
In a tweet, Scindia said domestic air passenger movement scales a new high post Covid. As many as 4,44,845 passengers were flown by domestic airlines on Sunday.