India set to have highest number of aircraft by December: DGCA
India is expected to have the largest number of aircraft flying by its scheduled airlines latest by December this year, surpassing the previous record of 616 aircraft in January this year, Arun Kumar, Director General, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, told BusinessLine on Wednesday.
Domestic air passenger traffic is expected to clock up high single-digit growth — between seven and nine per cent in 2019 — benefiting from the induction of aircraft by airlines.
The fact that the festival season has started and normally there is a spurt in air travel during this time is also giving confidence to the authorities.
