Passenger traffic at Indian airports FY 2014-2024, by type

In India, there were over 400 airports and airstrips, while 135 were operational. Passenger traffic amounted to over 376 million at airports across India in financial year 2024, out of which close to 69.6 million were international passengers. This year's passenger traffic surpassed the previous record of 2019, grew 15 percent in comparison with 2023. The huge drop in 2021 was the result of the suspension of passenger air travel due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic since the second half of March 2020. India’s leading air carriersIndiGo airline was the leading passenger carrier in India with around 55 percent of market share in financial year 2023. It was established back in 2006 as a low-cost airline based at IGI Airport, Delhi. Following IndiGo airline was Vistara, a full-service airline with a much less 10.4 percent market share. Vistara is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines. And just a few years ago, in February 2016, Jet Airways was the largest airline in India. However, due to tough competition, and financial issues, it ceased operations in April 2019, but is expected to resume its flight operations by the end of 2024Air freightThe total air freight tonnage handled in India was around 3.1 million metric tons in financial year 2023. It was an increase from the previous year recovering from the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. IGI Airport in Delhi was the busiest in terms of volume of freight handled. In financial year 2021, India saw the highest volume of air freight of 3.56 million metric tons. It was on a steady growth trend until the start of the pandemic.

在印度，拥有超过400个机场和机场跑道，其中135个处于运营状态。在2024财年，印度各机场的客运量超过3.76亿人次，其中近6960万人次为国际旅客。今年的客运量超过了2019年的记录，与2023年相比增长了15%。2021年的客运量大幅下降是由于自2020年3月下旬新冠疫情（COVID-19）导致的客运航空旅行的暂停。印度领先的航空公司IndiGo在2023财年占据了约55%的市场份额，它成立于2006年，是一家以德里IGI机场为基地的低成本航空公司。紧随其后的是Vistara航空公司，一家提供全面服务的航空公司，其市场份额为10.4%，远低于IndiGo。Vistara是由塔塔集团子公司和新加坡航空共同投资成立的合资企业。然而，就在几年前，即2016年2月，Jet Airways曾是印度最大的航空公司。然而，由于激烈的竞争和财务问题，它于2019年4月停止运营，但预计将于2024年底恢复航班运营。航空货运方面，在2023财年，印度处理的航空货运总吨数约为310万吨，这一数字高于前一年，表明正在从新冠疫情（COVID-19）的影响中恢复。就货运量而言，德里的IGI机场最为繁忙。在2021财年，印度实现了3.56百万吨的航空货运量最高记录。在疫情开始之前，航空货运量一直保持稳定增长趋势。