Indian airports to witness total number of domestic and international passengers return to pre-COVID levels by end of FY2023

April 2022

According to the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Indian airports could witness the total number of domestic and international passengers return to pre-Covid levels by the end of financial year 2023. AAI has estimated a total of 199 million passengers for financial year 2022. Its forecast in­dicates that the traffic could be almost at pre-Covid levels by the end of financial year 2023. With effect from March 27, 2022, India has remov­ed restrictions on international flights. Various Indian airports could see passenger numbers rise to 448 million by financial year 2025 as compared to 341 million in financial year 2020.