National Airfare Price Index (APIx)

Automated High-Frequency Aviation Inflation Tracking for CPI Augmentation

National Airfare Index

99.67points ▲ +7.3%

Base Period: 2026-08-20 = 100.00

Superlative Fisher: 114.50 • Daily move: +11.0%

ILO / MoSPI CPI Manual (2012=100 Standard)

Average Airfare▲ +6.7% vs 7d

₹7,754

Composite across 10 DGCA corridors × 5 advance horizons

DGCA weight-averaged fare index input

Airfare Inflation Pressure (AIPS)

64.9

HIGH PRESSURE

▲ 22.7 pts in 24h

Intra-week price volatility dispersion: 31%

RBI Watch: MODERATE_INFLATIONARY_PRESSURE

Data Trust Score

95.1

EXCELLENT

Coverage: 100% • Consensus: 96.5%

SHA-256 hashed • 2026-09-19

Interactive Geospatial Route Map

Real-time airfare pressure across DGCA high-density corridors

High Surge (>+15%) Moderate (+5..14%) Stable (<+5%)

Corridor price shifts over trailing 7-day period

Real-time feed updated via DGCA high-density corridors

Laspeyres national compilation (DGCA passenger-weighted) · base 2026-08-20 = 100.00

Calculated APIx trajectory vs official DGCA monthly baseline reference (base-month tariff level, P₀ composite = 100.00)

DGCA Benchmark Alignment: 99.44% | MAPE: 0.56%

MAPE = mean absolute percentage error between the calculated daily index and the DGCA monthly baseline reference.