Jaipur sees 81.5% flyer growth

New Delhi: Small town India has grown wings again. With the Indian economy improving, latest city-wise air traffic figures collected by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) show that the metros reported a maximum of 33.4% growth this August over last August. But small town flyers—who had almost vanished in the slowdown—are now back with a vengeance and reporting huge growth numbers.
For instance, Jaipur saw over a lakh flyers this August while the figure was just 56,738 last August, a growth of 81.5%. Port Blair saw the number jump by 74% from 17,754 to almost 31,000 this August. Patna saw a jump of 79%. The highest growth was reported in sun city Jodhpur with a huge 522% with the number going from just 1,583 to 9,847. The second highest jump was 198%. The revived growth saw airlines reintroducing flights which were cancelled during the slowdown.
Metros, on the other hand, had a higher base and so the growth was limited to about 30%. With a new runway and enhanced aircraft handling capacity, Delhi saw a jump of 28% while Kolkata led the metro pack at 34.3%.
Clearly the authorities are heaving a sigh of relief as the slump had led to growth plans of the entire Indian aviation industry going awry.
20/11/09 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Nov 2009, Indian Aviation- In General Nov 2009