Delhi airport to be busiest by 2010

Mumbai: New Delhi will overtake Mumbai as India's busiest airport by 2010. The gap between passengers using the two airports is closing, with more aircraft landing and leaving Delhi than Mumbai for both domestic and international travel.
Mumbai airport handles over 22.25 million passengers annually, while Delhi handles over 20.44 million passengers. But according to figures of the two airport authorities, by 2010 Delhi, with a projected passenger traffic of 28.7 million, will move ahead of Mumbai, with a projected traffic of 27.5 million. By 2007-08, the two could be neck and neck with Delhi's traffic projected to grow 16.4 per cent to Mumbai's 7 per cent.
With more and more foreign airlines coming to the capital city, Delhi will become the country's busiest airport for international flights as well. In 2006-7, international passenger growth for Delhi (6.44 million) was 15 per cent to 9.2 per cent for Mumbai (7.35 million).
19/05/07 Business Standard

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Categories: Airports May 2007