Unlike last four years, seat occupancy in Air India shows a rise in FY 2020-21

NEW DELHI: While lakhs of seats remained vacant in Air India flights in last four years, the seat occupancy both in the Business and Economy class has shown sudden growth during this financial year.

While total number of vacant seats in Business Class was over 7.5 lakh in the year 2018-19, it reduced to 4.58 lakh in the year 2019-20. Similarly, number of vacant seats in economy class was 64.2 lakhs in the year 2018-19 which reduced considerably to 38.3 lakh in the year 2019-20.

Disinvestment bound Air India has huge nearly 482 flights including 289 flights on domestic routes and 193 flights on international routes. Going by a recent government data, it was revealed that vacant seats kept rising till 2018-19 and it registered a sudden decline in the year 2019-20.

While the number of vacant seats in the year 2017-18 was nearly 47 lakhs, it increased to 64.2 lakhs during the next year and reduced to 38.3 lakhs in the year 2019-20.