Airline industry's turnover touched â¹1.5 trillion in 2015-16
Union Minister Jayant Sinha said the Indian airline industry's turnover was estimated to be around â¹1.5 trillion in 2015-16. He said this is close to Indian Railways' revenue of â¹1.68 trillion during 2015-16. He added that during 2016, the number of airline passengers in India was about 11 crore while passengers on Indian Railways' AC coaches was about 12 crore.