Kochi: The domestic aviation sector has grown by leaps and bounds in God’s Own Country, even surpassing the national average of 23.1 percent registered in 2016, despite demonetisation.
According to officers of the Cochin and Trivandrum International Airports, the growth in domestic passenger footfall at the airports was 25.34 percent and 30 percent, respectively, in the first nine months of the current fiscal.
In comparison, the growth in national average registered in the period was 23.18 percent - about 9.98 crore passengers - said the data released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
This fiscal, around 37.64 lakh domestic passengers moved through Cochin Airport, against 30.03 lakh passengers in 2015. At the Thiruvananthapuram airport, the domestic foot-fall registered in 2016 was 15.55 lakhs, against the 11.96 lakh passengers in the previous fiscal.
Interestingly, domestic foot-fall in the last two months of 2016 - November and December - was at a record high in Cochin Airport with 3,52,936 and 3,82,455 passengers, respectively, passing through.
25/01/17 Dhinesh Kallungal/New Indian Express
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According to officers of the Cochin and Trivandrum International Airports, the growth in domestic passenger footfall at the airports was 25.34 percent and 30 percent, respectively, in the first nine months of the current fiscal.
In comparison, the growth in national average registered in the period was 23.18 percent - about 9.98 crore passengers - said the data released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
This fiscal, around 37.64 lakh domestic passengers moved through Cochin Airport, against 30.03 lakh passengers in 2015. At the Thiruvananthapuram airport, the domestic foot-fall registered in 2016 was 15.55 lakhs, against the 11.96 lakh passengers in the previous fiscal.
Interestingly, domestic foot-fall in the last two months of 2016 - November and December - was at a record high in Cochin Airport with 3,52,936 and 3,82,455 passengers, respectively, passing through.
25/01/17 Dhinesh Kallungal/New Indian Express
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