"Even with 5% to 6% annual growth, you will see a minimum 10% growth in passenger traffic," Keskar said. Keskar, who met with civil-aviation officials Monday, said he could shed no light on delivery delays of three Boeing Dreamliners to loss-making state-run flagship Air India, except to say the hold-up "is not at Boeing's end." The Dreamliner was supposed to have arrived in India in 2008, but hitches with its production held up delivery. The government in June said it had agreed to a compensation figure with Boeing over the delay but did not disclose it. An Air India spokesman told AFP the carrier is awaiting "clearance from some government departments" for the delivery of 27 Dreamliners by 2016. The number of air trips per year in India's population remains a fractional 0.01% of the nation's population of 1.2 billion people -- highlighting the market's growth potential, Keskar noted.