AirAsia India helps stimulate Indian domestic air traffic; passenger numbers up 12.6% in June

India’s airports have reported passenger growth of 7.3% to 46.06 million in the second quarter of 2014. Domestic demand has risen by 7.4% to 33.76 million, while international traffic has increased by 7.0% to 12.30 million. Mumbai was the fastest-growing among India’s top six busiest airports seeing passenger numbers rise by 9.2% to 8.8 million in the period April to June 2014. Among the country’s smaller airports there was impressive second quarter growth from Bagdogra (+47.3%), Dibrugarh (+33.7%), Ranchi (+30.0%), Leh (+29.3%), Varanasi (+27.9%) and Amritsar (+25.6%).


Bagdogra Airport, located in West Bengal in the north-east of India, has welcomed several new services in the last year. In December, IndiGo launched daily flights from both Guwahati and Kolkata, as well as Delhi flights in February of this year. Last month saw the airport’s first ever international flights operated by an Indian carrier with the introduction of SpiceJet’s flights to Kathmandu in Nepal.
India’s domestic aviation market grew by 4.5% in April, 5.5% in May and 12.6% in June. This double-digit growth coincided with the launch of AirAsia India which operated its first commercial flight between Bengaluru and Goa on 12 June. Since then it has added flights to Chennai and Kochi, and is scheduled to add Chandigarh and Jaipur to its network later this week.
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