DGCA approves 25,610 weekly flights for summer schedule 2025

DGCA approved the airline's domestic summer schedule for 2025 (effective from 30th March 2025 till 25th October 2025). The scheduled domestic airlines have been finalised after the slot conference meeting held in February 2025. The final slot clearances have been received from the respective airport operators. 

More destinations, expanded connectivity

It has been observed that there are 25,610 departures per week, which have been finalised to/from 129 airports as per Summer Schedule 2025, compared to 25,007 departures per week from 124 airports in Winter Schedule 2024. Out of these 129 airports, Ambikapur, Datia, Bidar, Porbandar, Pakyong, Rewa, and Solapur are the new airports proposed by the scheduled airlines, whereas operations from Azamgarh and Rupsi airports were suspended in the Summer Schedule 2025. The airlines-wise break-up of departures per week is as follows.

Comparison of Flight Departures: Summer Schedule 2025 vs Winter Schedule 2024

Here's a comparison of the number of flight departures in the Summer Schedule 2025 and the Winter Schedule 2024:

India's Domestic Air Travel Witnesses Growth in February 2025

According to data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India's scheduled domestic flight operators carried around 1.40 crore passengers during February this year, up from 1.26 crore in the same month of the previous year. The DGCA's monthly passenger traffic report shows that IndiGo continues to be the country's largest airline with a 63.7 per cent market share, flying 89.40 lakh passengers in February 2025. IndiGo was followed by Air India Group, including Air India Express, which carried 38.30 lakh passengers, giving the Tata Group airline a 27.3 per cent market share. 

Akasa Air carried 6.59 lakh passengers to get a 4.7 per cent share of the market pie, while Ajay Singh-led budget airline SpiceJet flew 4.54 lakh passengers, giving it a market share of 3.2 per cent. Among the smaller airlines, Alliance Air carried 0.86 lakh passengers in February to get a market share of 0.6 per cent, followed by Star Air, which flew 0.60 lakh passengers, accounting for a 0.4 per cent market share.