India tops global air traffic growth in January: IATA

Domestic air traffic in India grew 22.9 per cent in January, the highest among all countries, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA)

At a global level, domestic air traffic rose 6.8 per cent. Countries such as Russia and Brazil reported negative growth.

The Indian market also reported the highest capacity addition (21.9 per cent) and the highest load factor among all markets ( 84.7 per cent) on a year-on-year basis, IATA said.

"India's domestic air travel soared 22.9 per cent in January compared to a year ago. Growth is being propelled by the comparatively strong domestic economy and increases in air services. The Indian market overtook both Australia and Japan during 2015 and is currently in level with Russia at around 1.2 per cent of global revenue passenger kilometres," IATA said.
 

Revenue passenger kilometres is an industry unit to indicate passenger demand and is measured by multiplying passengers flown in an aircraft by distance flown.