A report from MIT (massachusetts institute of technology) released yesterday, and available on their website says,
...aircraft pollution above North America and Europe -- where air travel is heaviest -- adversely impacts air quality in India and China. That is, even though the amount of fuel burned by aircraft over India and China accounts for only 10 percent of the estimated total amount of fuel burned by aircraft across the globe, the two countries incur nearly half -- about 3,500 -- of the annual deaths related to aircraft cruise emissions. The analysis also revealed that although every country in the Northern Hemisphere experienced some number of fatalities related to these emissions, almost none of the countries in the Southern Hemisphere had fatalities.
This report is possibly yet to be reported on Indian newspapers.
A popular online magazine FastCompany, on its website says,
... perhaps everyone involved should spend more time researching low-emissions biofuels for future flights...
