Indore: After registering consecutive double digit growth for last several years in domestic air traffic, there has been a decline in passenger growth from Indore in 2012. Phenomenal hike in air fair is being sighted as one of the main reasons behind the decrease in number of flyers from the city.
According to latest statistics released by Airport Authority of India (AAI) on air passenger traffic, domestic air passengers have registered a 3.8% decline in 2012. Only 7,93,992 people flew in 2012 as compared to 8,25,384 flyers in the previous year. Aircraft movement, however, increased by 1.95% during the same period.
Ironically, since 2006 number of domestic air passengers has registered phenomenal growth from Indore. In the year 2006 Indore had just 2,66,188 air flyers but with the starting of low cost airlines in the country and increase in connectivity from Indore, number of air flyers had gone up to 8,25,384 in 2011.
16/03/13 Bagish K Jha/Times of India
