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PUNE: The city airport may be among the busiest, but the percentage increase in domestic passenger traffic has fallen during November 2017-November 2018 as compared with the same period the previous year. “Pune airport has kept up its double-digit growth, but it has shown some moderation in 2018 in terms of international and domestic traffic. In fact, India's domestic air passenger growth fell to 11% in November last year, the lowest in the past 51 months,” aviation analyst and expert Dhairyashil Vandekar told TOI. Pune airport sources told TOI that while the new flights — both domestic and international — are welcome, the focus this year is on increasing and managing passenger services.Experts cite different reasons for the decline. Efforts on the parts of airlines to increase their yield also led to higher fares during vacation and festival periods, resulting in comparatively lower passenger load this year..