Representative image India's urban population is estimated to stand at 675 million in 2035, the second highest behind China's one billion, the UN has said in a report, noting that after the COVID-19 pandemic, the global urban population is back on track to grow by another 2.2 billion by 2050. The United Nations-Habitat's World Cities Report 2022, released on Wednesday, said that rapid urbanisation was only temporarily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The global urban population is back on track to grow by another 2.2 billion people by 2050, it said. India's urban population is projected to be 675,456,000 in 2035, growing from 483,099,000 in 2020 to 542,743,000 in 2025 and 607,342,000 in 2030, the report said. By 2035, the percentage of population in India at mid-year residing in urban area will be 43.2 per cent, it said. China's urban population in 2035 is projected at 1.05 billion while the urban population in Asia will be 2.99 billion in 2035 and that in South Asia … [Read more...] about India’s urban population to stand at 675 million in 2035, behind China’s 1 billion: UN
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Domestic air traffic jumps 11% sequentially in May to 1.2 crore: DGCA
(Representative image: AP) Domestic air passenger traffic jumped to 1.2 crore in May 2022, marking a surge of 11 percent as compared to the preceding month, as per the data shared by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on June 22. The numbers indicate that the air traffic has inched closer to the pre-pandemic level, as the domestic airlines had cumulatively ferried a total of 1.22 crore passengers in May 2019. In the past month, IndiGo's passenger load factor increased to 81 percent, as against 78.7 percent in April 2022. SpiceJet's passenger load factor climbed to 89.1 percent in May 2022 from 85.9 percent in the preceding month. Also Read | Domestic air passenger traffic grew 1.7% MoM in April: DGCA IndiGo continued to maintain its leadership position with more than half of the market share. However, the airline's market share marginally slipped to 57.9 percent as compared 58.3 percent in April. Close SpiceJet's market share during May … [Read more...] about Domestic air traffic jumps 11% sequentially in May to 1.2 crore: DGCA
MC Travel Special | Best domestic airline by customer service
In 2021, DGCA received a total of 5,380 complaints against scheduled domestic airlines as against 4,768 complaints in 2020. (Representational Image) The number of domestic passengers flying by air has been soaring, and how! Nearly 356.8 lakh passengers were carried by domestic airlines during January-April 2022. Though flight/passenger numbers have witnessed exponential growth, nearly 79 percent of domestic passengers believe that airlines are compromising on comfort and cutting corners after the pandemic (Source: localcircles.com). In April alone, 574 passengers were denied boarding, 5,554 passengers were affected due to cancellations, and 70,505 were affected due to delays. (Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA). Let’s look at facts about airlines and their track record in terms of baggage, customer service and flight problem, refund complaints and staff behaviour through surveys and reports by various agencies. Passenger complaints received by DGCA in … [Read more...] about MC Travel Special | Best domestic airline by customer service