Chennai: With leisure travel booming, around 97 million passengers travelled through Indian airports for domestic and international trips, registering 84 per cent growth.
The first three months of 2024 have registered 97 million passengers traveling through Indian airports for both international and domestic trips, as per the report by Mastercard Economics Institute. According to the data of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, in the March quarter of 2023, airlines carried 37.5 million domestic passengers and 15.1 million foreign passengers, totaling 52.6 million air passengers.
“In 2024, fueled by a growing middle class and expanded route capacity, more Indians are traveling internationally than ever before. In the first three months of 2024, 97 million passengers travelled through Indian airports. Just 10 years ago, the same figure would have taken a whole year to achieve,” said the report.
As of March, domestic air passenger traffic surged…
