Slowdown shadow on air traffic to and from India
New Delhi: Air travel to and from India during January-March quarter of this calendar year grew at slowest pace of 3.8% in the last four years pointing to slowdown in the economy.
The latest data compiled by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) shows that both foreign and Indian carriers together flew 16.4 million passengers in this period compared to 15.8 million in the corresponding quarter last year.
Compared to this, the airlines had clocked 11.3% growth in 2018 over the previous year when they had flown 14.2 million passengers. In 2016 and 2017, the traffic growth was 9.32% and 7.5% respectively.
