Regardless of Jet Airways, with its fleet of 123 plane, shutting down operations in 2019, the 12 months noticed India’s fleet of economic plane rising by practically 29%. From 520 in 2018, the variety of business plane within the nation rose to 669 in 2019.

Knowledge from the nation’s aviation regulator, Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA), reveals that in 2019, the nation’s eight home carriers added 145 plane to their fleets, in comparison with 104 new plane in 2018.

In line with DGCA, the variety of home passengers between January and November 2019 was 131.15 million, in comparison with 126.28 million in the course of the corresponding interval of the earlier 12 months, which is a development of three.86%.

Passenger numbers grew regardless of Jet Airways saying its shutdown in April 2019. The airline’s suspension of operations affected passenger footfalls at main airports.