Winter schedule: Airlines to operate 25,000 weekly flights from Oct 27

Indian airlines will operate 25,007 flights every week to and from 124 airports in their winter schedule starting October 27, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

The number of flights is three per cent higher than 24,275 per week from 125 airports in the current summer schedule. In comparison to the 2023 winter schedule, the number of flights has increased by 5.37 per cent. The winter schedule is from October 27, 2024 to March 29, 2025. “Of these 124 airports, Pondicherry airport has been proposed by the scheduled airlines, whereas operations from Pakyong (Sikkim) and Tezpur (Assam) airports will be suspended in the schedule,” the DGCA said.