Nearly 10 per cent of Air India’s total international passengers currently use Indian airports as transit hubs, and the Tata Group-owned airline aims to double this share in the next three years, Chief Commercial Officer Nipun Aggarwal said on Sunday.
Approximately 130 million passengers fly over India annually, with about 10 per cent of this transit traffic handled by Dubai and 7.5 per cent by Doha.
In comparison, Delhi currently handles less than 1 per cent of this transit traffic, highlighting a significant growth opportunity, Aggarwal said during a press briefing.
“We’ve already increased our traffic to the west of India, but now need to enhance connectivity to the east, especially to Southeast Asia, to capture more international-to-international (I2I) traffic,” he explained.