New Delhi Jan 11 (IANS) India s domestic passenger traffic grew by 16.4 per cent in November a global airline association said on Thursday.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) India s domestic demand -- revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) -- was highest amongst major aviation markets like Australia Brazil China Japan Russia and the United States.
As per the data India s domestic RPK -- which measures actual passenger traffic -- rose by over 16 per cent in November compared to the corresponding month of the previous year.
"All markets showed growth led again by India and China " IATA said in its global passenger traffic results for November 2017.
India s domestic passenger traffic growth was followed by that of China at 14.1 per cent and Russian Federation at 7.6 per cent.
"India s domestic traffic rose 16.4 per cent in November marking the 39th consecutive month of double-digit domestic growth " the report said.
In terms of capacity India s domestic available seat kilometres (ASK) -- which measures available passenger capacity -- climbed higher by 10.4 per cent in November after China s 12.9 per cent growth.
The data disclosed that the international passenger demand for November edged higher by 8 per cent compared with the year-ago period.
In addition the capacity during the month under review grew by 6.3 per cent and load factor was up 1.2 percentage points to 80.2 per cent.
--IANS
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