India aviation outlook: A more favourable environment slowly emerging

After the dramatic changes of the last five years, the Indian aviation market is seeing the emergence of a more favourable environment. India's GDP growth slowed from over 9% in 2007/08 to 6.1% in 2008/09. However, given the contraction globally, this was a relatively a good result. The economy appears to be recovering earlier than expected, with GDP growth of 7.9% in the last quarter, ahead of expectations.