India: Airline passengers

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
 India

Airline passengers of domestically owned airlines

 Latest value 83.96
 Year 2021
 Measure million passengers
 Data availability 1970 - 2021
 Average 34.71
 Min - Max 2.55 - 167.50
 Source The International Civil Aviation Organization
The latest value from 2021 is 83.96 million passengers, an increase from 68.96 million passengers in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 15.00 million passengers, based on data from 152 countries. Historically, the average for India from 1970 to 2021 is 34.71 million passengers. The minimum value, 2.55 million passengers, was reached in 1971 while the maximum of 167.5 million passengers was recorded in 2019. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Recent data
India - Airline passengers - Recent values chart

Historical series
India - Airline passengers - historical chart - 1970-2021




Definition: Air passengers carried include both domestic and international aircraft passengers of air carriers registered in the country.

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