Early recovery for travel portals, little impact of likely third wave seen

Higher pace of vaccination, lifting of lockdown curbs is aiding recovery; but it is clipped as only 72.5% of airlines are allowed to fly as per present rules

Local travel is showing early signs of recovery with business climbing to 40-50 per cent of pre-Covid levels, heads of online travel start-ups said. Higher pace of vaccination and lifting of lockdown curbs in most places in India is aiding recovery; however, it's clipped because only 72.5 per cent of airlines are allowed to fly as per present rules, executives said.

EaseMyTrip, one of the leading OTAs, said it clocked Rs 225 crore gross sales in July as compared to Rs 356 crore in April-June quarter and Rs 907 crore in January-March quarter. “From whatever of August we have seen