New Delhi: The Mumbai-Dubai sector was the busiest international city pair for travel to and from India last year. With as many as 17.5 lakh people flying between these two cities, closely followed by 13.6 lakh between Delhi and Dubai, the Emirate emerged as the destination most frequented by Indians.
Dubai saw a whopping 84.5 lakh people flying to and from India last year, way ahead of the second spot of almost 44 lakh occupied by UAE — of which it too is a part. London, Bangkok, Singapore and Kathmandu were the other major destinations or transit points for Indian globetrotters last year.
India is an important market for all airlines as international travel has been constantly growing in the past few years. Forget metros, even small towns are generating huge volumes of traffic. For instance, 4.5 lakh people flew between Sharjah and Kochi last year. Trivandrum and Dubai saw 4.7 lakh people flying between them last year. Pune, Varanasi and Amritsar also saw substantial numbers flying to overseas destinations last year.
09/02/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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Dubai saw a whopping 84.5 lakh people flying to and from India last year, way ahead of the second spot of almost 44 lakh occupied by UAE — of which it too is a part. London, Bangkok, Singapore and Kathmandu were the other major destinations or transit points for Indian globetrotters last year.
India is an important market for all airlines as international travel has been constantly growing in the past few years. Forget metros, even small towns are generating huge volumes of traffic. For instance, 4.5 lakh people flew between Sharjah and Kochi last year. Trivandrum and Dubai saw 4.7 lakh people flying between them last year. Pune, Varanasi and Amritsar also saw substantial numbers flying to overseas destinations last year.
09/02/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
