India clocks rise in domestic air passenger traffic in July: IATA
Accelerated vaccination drive, as well as higher rate of economic activity, rose India's domestic air passenger traffic in July 2021 on a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis.
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New Delhi: Accelerated vaccination drive, as well as higher rate of economic activity, rose India's domestic air passenger traffic in July 2021 on a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), India's domestic air passenger volume as per revenue passenger kilometres (RPK)was one of the highest amongst major aviation markets such as Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, Russia and US.
In India, the RPK growth rose by 123 per cent in July when compared to the levels in the previous year that is 2020.The country's domestic available passenger capacity as per available seat kilometres (ASK), was up by over 96.1 per cent.
However, in comparison to 2019 levels, the RPK was down -59.4 per cent.Besides, ASK was lower by (-47.1 per cent in July over the corresponding period of 2019.
