Domestic air traffic doubles to over 100 mn in 7 yrs on low fares, oil

India has seen double-digit passenger growth for 40 months in a row and has been the fastest-growing domestic air travel market

Strong passenger growth in the past three years has resulted in domestic air traffic crossing the 100-million mark in 2017.

The surge in the past 36 months has been fuelled by low crude oil prices, discounts, and capacity addition in the domestic market. Air traffic crossed the 50-million mark some time in 2010, and passenger growth has doubled in the past seven years.

In 2017, domestic airlines carried over 116.7 million passengers, a growth of 17.4 per cent over 2016.

 

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