Big increase in air passenger traffic at Mangalore

Mangalore: Bajpe (Mangalore) Airport of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has received a shot in the arm as the passenger traffic at the airport increased by 2.35 lakh in 2007. This was the first time ever that the passenger traffic increased so hugely in one year.
In all, 6.75 lakh passengers used this airport between January and December 2007 compared to 4.39 lakh passengers in 2006. M.R. Vasudeva, director of the airport, attributed the growth in traffic to increase in the number of international and domestic flights last year. Of those who travelled through the airport last year, 20 per cent were international passengers, he said.
Of the passenger traffic handled by the airport last year, 5.36 lakh were domestic passengers and 1.38 lakh international passengers.
According to a study, the number of passengers who arrived at the airport in 2007 was 3.35 lakh against 2.13 lakh in the previous year. As many as 3.39 lakh passengers flew from here in 2007 against 2.26 lakh in 2006.
14/01/08 Mangalorean.com

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Categories: Airports Jan 2008