India's Domestic Air Traffic Slows In July, But Yearly Numbers Still Up

Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-July 2026 increased to 984.03 lakh against 977.79 lakh a year ago, thereby registering an annual growth of 0.64 per cent, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Airlines carried around 12 million passengers in July, down 5% from a year earlier and 11% from June, when traffic stood at 13.5 million. The sequential decline followed a more than 12% year-on-year drop in June, pointing to a sustained slowdown in domestic air travel demand.