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India has become the third largest aviation market in terms of domestic passenger traffic, beating Japan. Sydney-based aviation think-tank Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation said in its latest report that India’s domestic air passenger traffic stood at 100 million in 2016 and was behind only the US and China with 719 million and 436 million.
India acquired the third spot globally by unseating Japan, which flew 97 million domestic passengers in 2016. The report said domestic air traffic has shown a consistent growth of 20 -25 per cent throughout 2015 and 2016, peaking in January this year at 25.13 per cent.