Air passenger traffic in India surged by a whopping 28.1% in July, the highest among 7 major international markets including China, Russia, Brazil and the US, owing to addition of new services and improvement in domestic economy, an IATA report said on Friday.
The overall domestic travel demand worldwide rose by 7.6% in July this year as against 6.5% in July 2014, with all markets showing growth and the strongest increases occurring in India and China, International Air Transport Association said. China clocked the 2nd highest growth at 10.9% after India followed by the Russian Federation, which posted an 8.8% growth during the period, it said.