Thursday, September 03, 2015

July air passenger traffic up by 28.1%; India at peak among eight major international markets

New Delhi: Air passenger traffic in India surged by a whopping 28.1% in July, the highest among eight major international markets including China, Russia, Brazil and the US, owing to addition of new services and improvement in domestic economy, an IATA report said on Friday.

The overall domestic travel demand worldwide rose by 7.6% in July this year as against 6.5% in July 2014, with all markets showing growth and the strongest increases occurring in India and China, International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Friday said.

China clocked the second highest growth at 10.9% after India followed by the Russian Federation, which posted an 8.8% growth during the period, it said.
04/09/14 Daily News & Analysis
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