India s domestic passenger traffic rises over 16% in August

New Delhi Oct 5 (IANS) India s domestic passenger traffic grew by 16 per cent in August a global airline association said on Thursday.

"Indian airlines achieved a 36th consecutive month of double-digit traffic growth as demand rose 16 per cent " the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in its global passenger traffic data.

"Traffic continues to be stimulated by sizeable increases in the number of domestic routes served."

India s domestic demand -- revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) -- was 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 16 per cent in August compared to the corresponding month of the previous year.

India s domestic passenger traffic growth was followed by that of China at 10 per cent and Japan at 9 per cent.

--IANS
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