The Amritsar airport has shown high growth due to the starting of schedule operation by Air Deccan from January 2005, and in international sector due to Singapore Airlines starting operations from October 2004. Also, Air India started operation on the Delhi-Amritsar-Birmingham-Toronto route from May 2005. Similarly, Hyderabad airport has recorded high growth because Lufthansa and Saudi Arabia started operations from February 2005 and March 2005, respectively, while Air Sahara introduced Hyderabad as a major hub from February 2005.
According to AAI, higher growth in traffic at Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Calicut is due to increase in frequency of existing airlines and the start of new operations by Air India Express in southern region and Delta Airlines at Chennai. The AAI data show that domestic aircraft movements increased by 15.1 per cent during October 2005. The AAI says that growth in traffic at Hyderabad, Jammu, Bhopal and Visakhapatnam is due to increase in operations by low-cost airlines and an increase in frequency of existing airlines. Low cost airlines-SpiceJet and Kingfisher Airlines-started their operations from May 2005. Domestic aircraft movements have shown an increase of 14.2 per cent during October 2005, mainly due to new services by low-cost airlines like SpiceJet and Kingfisher Airlines, and increase in number of sectors by Air Deccan.
