Among the major airports outside the top 10, Srinagar and Chandigarh have performed the best. Srinagar saw a 57 percent growth in footfalls, while Chandigarh grew 52 percent.
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata popularly known as JRD Tata, the father of the Indian aviation industry, industrialist, entrepreneur and chairman of Tata
Recalling his days at the helm of Air India, Mr Thulasidas said that back in 2003, the airline had an "extremely small fleet of aircraft and most of them were old aircraft and prone to frequent breakdowns".