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Covid-19: Average number of daily flyers falls for ninth week in a row
NEW DELHI : For the ninth week in a row, fewer Indians took to the skies, given the fresh surge in covid cases across the country.Average number of daily flyers stood at 49,000 for the week that ended on 23 May, down from 60,000 for the week ending on 16 May, and less than 126,000 in the week ended 1 May, according to a report by ICICI Securities.Average passenger load factor (PLF), an airline industry metric that measures how much of an airline’s passenger carrying capacity is used, was about 30% during the week ended 23 May, the report added.During the week mentioned above, the average number of departures declined sharply to 790 against 948 in the previous week.