The International Air Transport Association (IATA), a global airline association has indicated that Indian airlines achieved their 49th consecutive month of double-digit traffic growth as demand rose 19.8 percent in September.
According to the data, India's domestic air passenger volume measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) was highest among major aviation markets like Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, Russia and the US. It also mentioned that India's domestic passenger traffic growth was followed by that of the Russian Federation at 11.1 percent and China at 9.3 percent.
In terms of capacity, IATA stated that India's domestic available seat kilometres (ASK) -- which measures available passenger capacity -- was higher by 18.8 percent in September, that of China's 10.3 percent and the US saw a 8.6 percent rise.