India tops air passenger growth globally in 2015
India's domestic air passenger market grew the fastest in the world in 2015, at a rate of 18.8%, International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a report. India's performance surpassed Russia's (11.9 %), China's (9.7 %) and the US' (5.4%) growth, IATA stated. Further, officials said airlines ferried 3.6 billion passengers (around 48% of the Earth’s population) in 2015 globally.