MUMBAI: A travel company that collected responses from five thousand people who had boarded flights between July and September said that over two thousand people rated their in-flight experience of travel during the pandemic as “safe and comfortable”. On the other end of the spectrum were 350 respondents who found it “extremely stressful”, and then, in the middle, were the rest who rated the experience of flying during Covid pandemic as either average or satisfactory.
“The likelihood of the respondents taking another domestic trip during the next 3 months (42%) is the highest it has been as compared to an earlier sentiment survey done in May (16%). The results show that the confidence in air travel is rising,’’ said the survey. The most important aspect for travel during pandemic was the safety and hygiene measures being adopted by airlines and various properties, the survey said, adding that queuing during check-in/security (64%) and in-flight social distancing (51%) featured among the top apprehensions of these “early travellers”, as the company called them. Domestic air travel restarted on May 25.
The biggest travel trend of the season was “workcation”, the survey said. With a majority of Indian companies announcing WFH till the end of the year, 30% of recent travellers revealed that they have already been working remotely from a leisure destination of their choice, the survey said, adding that the travel compnay has seen a 27% month-onmonth increase in search queries for popular destinations and getaways such as Goa, Jaipur, Shimla, Udaipur and Uttarakhand. “Most of the travellers have opted for home rentals/service apartments/villas as their preferred choice of workation accommodation followed by resorts and eco-friendly properties with distant cottages,” said Aloke Bajpai, CEO, ixigo.
“The likelihood of the respondents taking another domestic trip during the next 3 months (42%) is the highest it has been as compared to an earlier sentiment survey done in May (16%). The results show that the confidence in air travel is rising,’’ said the survey. The most important aspect for travel during pandemic was the safety and hygiene measures being adopted by airlines and various properties, the survey said, adding that queuing during check-in/security (64%) and in-flight social distancing (51%) featured among the top apprehensions of these “early travellers”, as the company called them. Domestic air travel restarted on May 25.
The biggest travel trend of the season was “workcation”, the survey said. With a majority of Indian companies announcing WFH till the end of the year, 30% of recent travellers revealed that they have already been working remotely from a leisure destination of their choice, the survey said, adding that the travel compnay has seen a 27% month-onmonth increase in search queries for popular destinations and getaways such as Goa, Jaipur, Shimla, Udaipur and Uttarakhand. “Most of the travellers have opted for home rentals/service apartments/villas as their preferred choice of workation accommodation followed by resorts and eco-friendly properties with distant cottages,” said Aloke Bajpai, CEO, ixigo.
