MoS for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Tuesday said that India has emerged as the world's third largest aviation market, with passenger traffic exceeding 10 crore in 2016-17. Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said "average or median airfares" fell by 18% during 2016-17. Further, domestic flight movements rose from 7 lakh in 2014 to 8.2 lakh in 2016.