just recently air india and kingfisher are in financial crisis when the later is going to seek for white knights or otherwise proceed for bankruptcy. are these indicatons that the expansion of aviation business of india cannot sustain?
Per 2011
World's busiest airports by passenger traffic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rank Airport Location Code (IATA/ICAO) Ttl Passengers Rank Change %Change Ttl Passenger(Jan-Dec)
1. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 85,165,259 3.7% 92,400,000[2]
2. Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang, Beijing, China PEK/ZBAA 71,284,796 4.9% 78,675,000 [3]
3. London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 63,912,107 1 4.7% 69,400,000 [4]
4. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 61,370,268 1 0.7% 66,760,407
5. Tokyo International Airport Ōta, Tokyo, Japan HND/RJTT 56,969,971 3.4%
6. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 56,819,805 5.5% 61,862,052 [5]
7. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 56,254,938 4.5% 60,970,551 [6]
8. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 53,126,399 1.9% 57.7 million
9. Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany FRA/EDDF 52,191,355 6.0% 56.44 million [7]
10. Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, China HKG/VHHH 48,587,000 1 5.7% 53.9 million[8]
11. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 48,402,802 1 0.8% 52,849,132 [9]
12. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Cengkareng, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia CGK/WIII 47,513,248 4 19.6%, 51.1 million
13. Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 46,287,234 7.8% 50.98 million[10]
14. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 46,213,944 1 10.1% 49.8 million [11]
15. Madrid Barajas Airport Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 46,019,110 3 0.5% 49.7 million [12]
16. John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 44,045,938 2 2.9%
17. Suvarnabhumi Airport Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand BKK/VTBS 43,477,280 12.7% 47,910,904 [13]
18. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 42,018,497 10.7% 46.5 million [14]
19. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 38,275,556 3 4.4% 41 million
20. Shanghai Pudong International Airport Pudong, Shanghai, China PVG/ZSPD 38,152,891 2.0% 41.4 million [15]
21. San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California, United States SFO/KSFO 37,472,441 2 3.8% 41,035,642
22. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 37,173,286 2 5.5% 40.6 million
23. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 36,728,417 2 0.6% 40,398,511
24. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 35,797,231 1 2.4% 39,043,708
25. Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport Fiumicino, Rome, Italy FCO/LIRF 34,998,164 1 4.2% 37,651,700 [16]
26. Munich Airport Munich, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 34,975,539 4 8.6% 37,763,701 [17]
27. Miami International Airport Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States MIA/KMIA 34,822,348 1 7.3% 38.3 million [18]
28. Atatürk International Airport Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTBA 34,445,717 ? 15.8% 37,452,187 [19]
29. Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia KUL/WMKK 34,106,258 ? 11.1% 37.7 million [20]
30. Sydney Airport Sydney, New South Wales, Australia SYD/YSSY 32,840,270 3 0.3% 35.6 million [21]
Not even one indian airport on the above list.
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