New Delhi May 31 (IANS) Strong economic and network expansion lifted India s domestic passenger traffic in April a global airline association said on Thursday.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) India s domestic demand measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) was the highest amongst major aviation markets like Australia Brazil China Japan Russia and the United States.
As per the data India s domestic RPK in the month under review rose by 26.4 per cent in April compared to the corresponding month of the previous year.
"India s airlines recorded double-digit annual growth for the 44th consecutive month with passenger demand continuing to be supported by a combination of strong economic and network expansion " IATA said in its global passenger traffic results for April 2018.
India s domestic passenger traffic growth was followed by that of China at 15.5 per cent and Russian Federation and Brazil at 6.7 per cent each.

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