India’s domestic air passenger traffic rises over 12% in July

Time & Us
Last Updated: September 7, 2017 at 12:00 am

New Delhi: India’s domestic air passenger traffic grew by over 12% in July, a global airline association said on Wednesday.

According to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) global passenger traffic data for July, India’s domestic demand — revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) — was the second highest amongst major aviation markets like Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, Russia and the US.

 The IATA data showed that India’s domestic RPK — which measures actual passenger traffic — rose by 12.5% in July compared to the corresponding month of the previous year.

India’s domestic passenger traffic growth was preceded by only that of China at 15% and followed by Russian Federation at 9.1% and Japan at 6.6%.

In terms of capacity, India’s domestic ASK — which measures available passenger capacity — edged higher by 14.5% in July. It was followed by China’s ASK growth of 12.7%.

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