India, May 22 -- The full impact of the losses in the aviation sector because of the recent escalation of conflict between India and Pakistan is not yet known. What is clear, however, is that with several airports in the north having to shut operations until middle of May, the best laid plans of Indian carriers were thrown out of gear even if briefly.

But one glance at the recent summer schedule as intended by the carriers for domestic flights in India clubbed with the data on grounded planes gives a comprehensive bird's eye view of how each of the players is faring; how much growth the sector is recording; who has added capacity; who needs to unground aircraft and to what extent; which airline is surging ahead and which ones are shrinki...