The federal government has finalised winter schedule for home airways at present, October 24. It additionally knowledgeable that New Amravati, Hissar, Purnia and Rupsi airports have been added within the schedule.
The ultimate slot approvals from the respective airport operators have been obtained following the slot convention assembly in September, based on the Ministry of Civil Aviation. This means a proposed growth of 5.95 per cent in weekly departures over the Winter Schedule 2024.
“Winter Schedule 2025 (WS25) (efficient from October 26, 2025 until March 28, 2026) of the scheduled home airways has been finalised,” the ministry stated.
It has been noticed that there are 26,495 departures per week which have been finalised to/from 126 airports as per WS25, in comparison with 25,610 departures per week from 129 airports in Summer season Schedule 2025 (SS25).
Whereas IndiGo leads with 15,014 departures per week, Air India is second with 4,277 flights, adopted by AI Categorical at 3,171 flights.
“Out of those 126 airports, Amravati, Hissar, Purnia and Rupsi are the brand new airports proposed by the scheduled airways within the WS25 whereas operations from Aligarh, Moradabad, Chitrakoot, Bhavnagar, Ludhiana, Pakyong and Shravasti airports have been suspended within the WS25,” the Civil Aviation Ministry added.
India’s civil aviation sector has emerged as one of many fastest-growing sectors, making the nation the third-largest home aviation market on the planet.
The variety of airports within the nation has elevated from 74 in 2014 to 163 in 2025.
As India strikes towards its centenary yr of independence, the federal government is charting an bold progress path for the aviation sector, which targets increasing the variety of airports within the nation from 163 in 2025 to over 350 by 2047, and passenger site visitors is predicted to cross one billion.
With 25 million jobs projected by 2047 and increasing alternatives in MRO, drone manufacturing, and pilot coaching, aviation will develop into a significant pillar of India’s $10 trillion economic system.
