India registers highest domestic air passenger growth: IATA

New Delhi: The country recorded the highest domestic passenger growth this July at over 20 per cent, followed by Brazil at about 18 per cent, though the growth was slower for international air traffic.
"Brazil and India recorded the highest growth rates of 17.8 per cent and 20.6 per cent respectively. Both were stronger than June's performance," the International Air Transport Association announced in its traffic results which showed that the global passenger travel was up 5.9 per cent over the same period last year.
However, in most other countries, domestic air travel demand remained "much more sluggish than that for international travel", the latest IATA figures showed.
American domestic market, which represents half the world market, grew 2.1 per cent compared to July 2010, while China, with the second biggest domestic market (18 per cent of the world), "slowed abruptly" to just a 5.1 per cent rise.
In the international market, Asia-Pacific carriers had a capacity increase of 5.8 per cent which exceeded the demand growth of 4.9 per cent.
01/09/11 PTI/Economic Times

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