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.
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) 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.
The US and Brazil markets grew by 6.6 % and 5.9 % in July 2015, IATA said.
As per IATA, India’s domestic demand soared owing to significant increases in service frequencies and improvements in economic growth.
India’s growth is also significant contributor for the expansion of Asia-Pacific carriers. The domestic markets in India, China and Japan accounts for 44 percent of the region’s operations.
Earlier, data furnished by the civil aviation ministry showed that domestic air passenger traffic increased by 29 percent in July, which stood at 67.45 lakh passengers — up from 52.16 lakh in the corresponding month last year.
The data also showed that low-cost carrier IndiGo achieved the highest market share at 35.8 percent followed by Jet Airways (19.8), Air India (16.2), SpiceJet (12.3), GoAir (8.4) and JetLite (3 percent). AirAsia India (1.9) and Vistara (1.4) followed by Air Costa’s (1.00) and Air Pegasus (0.2).
