The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has stated that total passengers traffic at Indian airports in the month of April, 2018 grew by 21.7 percent as compared with the same month last year. It indicated that during the same month, domestic traffic grew by 25 percent and international traffic by 10.2 percent, with the overall passenger movement being recorded at 28.22 million.
The data further showed that smaller towns which benefited from the regional connectivity scheme of the government have now begun contributing to the overall growth passenger traffic growth. It also noted that places such as Shillong, Shimla, Bhatinda, Ludhiana, Bhuntar, Pathankot, Mysore, Salem, among others, saw a good number of passenger traffic movement in April as opposed to the corresponding period last year.
According to the AAI, during April, the total freight at all Indian airports stood at 284.33 thousand MT, reflecting a growth of 6.1 percent over the corresponding month of previous year. Of this percentage, the growth in international freight stood at 4.6 percent and domestic freight at 9 percent.