Despite slowdown, air traffic grows fastest in November this year at 11.2%

Despite economic slowdown, air travel for November surged 11 per cent, the first time passenger growth has seen a double-digit rise after the closure of Jet Airways. Industry executives described the spike a result of heavy promotional fare and spill over of the heavy forward sale done during the festival season on the back of lower fare.

In November, passenger growth witnessed 3.86 per cent growth (month-on-month) and 11.2 per cent (year-on-year). About 1.2 crore passengers flew in November as compared to 1.1 crore in October. Balu Ramachandran, senior vice-president of travel portal Cleartrip, said the growth was primarily driven by