NEW DELHI: The growth of India’s domestic passenger market fell to 3.1 per cent in March as compared to 8.3 per cent in February as there was “reduction in flight operations of Jet AirwaysNSE 3.63 %” and “disruptions at Mumbai airport owing to construction”, global airlines body IATA said Wednesday.
“Year-on-year RPK (revenue passenger kilometre) growth slowed substantially in the domestic India market this month, from 8.3 per cent in February, to 3.1 per cent currently,” said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
RPK is a measure of passenger volumes. The monthly passenger traffic figures are in comparison to traffic figures of the same month last year.
