|ndia s domestic air passenger traffic declined around 40 per cent to 7.7 million in January 2021 over the year-ago period as the pandemic continues to hit air travel demand, as per the monthly traffic data released by the aviation regulator, DGCA on Thursday. The total number of passengers flown by the Indian carriers on domestic routes in January 2020 was 10.2 million. The passenger load factor, a measure to assess how much of an airline s passenger carrying capacity has been utilised, during the previous month has shown a declining trend compared to December primarily due to the tourist season, the DGCA said. The load factor of six major domestic airlines IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air India, GoAir, Vistara and AirAsia India stood between 70 per cent and 64.9 per cent in January, as per data.