Visakhapatnam : Visakhapatnam Airport has crossed a major milestone by handling 2.1 million passengers including both domestic and international during the 2016 calendar year. The airport witnessed footfalls of 21.01 lakh in 2016 as compared to 14.7 lakh in 2015, registering a growth of around 42%. Incidentally, Visakhapatnam Airport witnessed more than 2 lakh footfalls in a single month four times in 2016 whereas it had touched a maximum of only 1.56 lakh passengers in a month in 2015.
Domestic traffic has continued to increase in 2016 even as international passenger traffic declined due to the pull out of Malindo Air, which was opera ting flights between Vizag and Kuala Lumpur, in February 2016. While domestic air traffic in 2016 was around 20 lakh as against 14 lakh in 2015, international air passengers at Vizag dropped from 1.1 lakh in 2015 to around 1 lakh in 2016. Vizag Airport handled around 50 flights on an average each day in 2016 as compared to around 40 flights on an average in 2015.
22/02/17 Times of India
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Domestic traffic has continued to increase in 2016 even as international passenger traffic declined due to the pull out of Malindo Air, which was opera ting flights between Vizag and Kuala Lumpur, in February 2016. While domestic air traffic in 2016 was around 20 lakh as against 14 lakh in 2015, international air passengers at Vizag dropped from 1.1 lakh in 2015 to around 1 lakh in 2016. Vizag Airport handled around 50 flights on an average each day in 2016 as compared to around 40 flights on an average in 2015.
22/02/17 Times of India
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