In the last decade, Airline Industry was one of the notable fastest growing industries in the world. In the current scenario, the Indian aviation sector is totally affected by many social, political, economical challenges. They are such as increase in ATF (Aviation Turbine Fuel), geographical conditions, terrorism, government conditions and policies. In a country like India, where 40% of the sector is dominated by the aviation sector, solving these problems and handling them will be one of the most crucial managerial challenges for the aviation industry and the executives those who are associated with it. In the recent era there was a huge entry of foreign markets have entered into the Indian sector. This badly affects the growth of Indian airlines. Recently due to this kind of problems some of the premier airlines have made a black mark in the delivery of performance. And there are some challenges where the industry may have to look deep into it for solving it. Those things are regarded with the weakness in airport infrastructure, airways infrastructure, national carriers, deep pockets, high cost structures etc. these things could be the important challenges for the sector in the current scenario. Finally all these could be tough handling managerial challenges for the aviation sector and for the body of members associated with it. The present study deals with the expectation and perception of air travel passengers.

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Keywords: Airline, Aviation, Black Mark, Infrastructure, Challenges.