India Becomes World’s 5th Largest Aviation Market, Mumbai-Delhi Among Busiest Routes: IATA

Quick Summary

• India Aviation Market: India emerged as teh worldS fifth-largest aviation market in 2024, handling 241 million passengers, up from 211 million in 2023 (growth of 11.1%). It surpassed Japan’s air passenger count of 205 million.
• Global Rankings: The U.S. topped the list with 876 million passengers, followed by China (741 million), U.K. (261 million), and Spain (241 million).
• Busy Airport Routes: Mumbai-Delhi ranked as the seventh busiest airport pair globally in 2024, carrying approximately 5.9 million passengers.
• Regional Premium Travel Trends: Asia Pacific recorded notable growth in premium travel (+22.8%), although economy class passenger numbers grew faster (+28.6%).

– Europe remains the largest market for international premium travel; Middle East has highest premium traveler proportions at 14.7%.
– Global international premium class travelers totaled approximately 116.9 million last year.

• Aircraft Usage Trends: Boeing’s B737 was the most utilized narrow-body aircraft globally,completing over ten million flights and contributing to significant seat capacity metrics known as ASKs.

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