India's July domestic air passenger traffic up 12%

New Delhi, Aug 18
Domestic air passenger traffic rose by 12.43 per cent in July to 95.65 lakh from 85.08 lakh reported for the corresponding month of last year, official data showed on Friday.

On a sequential basis, total domestic air passenger traffic had risen by 19.98 per cent to 95.68 lakh in June.

According to the data furnished by the civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), passenger traffic during the January-July period grew by over 17 per cent.

"Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-July 2017 were 657.21 lakhs as against 560.87 lakhs during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering a growth of 17.18 per cent," the DGCA said in its monthly domestic traffic report.