New Delhi July 18 (IANS) The government expects a rise in domestic air traffic to about 126 million passengers during 2017-18 parliament was told on Tuesday.
"Going by the annual growth rate of 22 per cent (provisional) for the year 2016-17 the domestic air traffic carried by scheduled Indian carriers could reach about 126 million passengers during 2017-18 " Minster of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
"The provisional annual growth for the year 2016-17 for international air traffic passengers carried by scheduled carriers is about 10 per cent " he added.
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