Domestic airlines carry record 50 lakh passengers in Dec

For the first time in the history of Indian aviation, domestic airlines carried more than 50 lakh passengers in a month. The airlines carried 52.13 lakh in December, up from 44.87 lakh passengers in the same period of the previous year, reporting a growth of almost 16 per cent. During January-December, domestic airlines carried 520.21 lakhs as compared to 438.40 lakhs in 2009.