More passengers taking to air travel

It seems the aviation scene is getting back on track from November with more passengers taking to air travel again. And this has again increased flight movements at the Mumbai airport. At present, there are 700 flight movements daily as compared to 615 earlier.
The winter schedule of the airlines has put back the ‘busiest airport’ tag on Mumbai. With this being the peak tourist season, the air traffic has risen considerably at Mumbai airport with 700 landings and take-offs daily.
“We are witnessing 700 flight movements daily and at times they even go up to 720,” said a Mumbai airport official. “This is more because of it being the tourist season and all the domestic airlines have increased their flights. Moreover, Haj flights to Jeddah have also been increased, which has further added to the air traffic,” said the official.
This is a phenomenal increase as flight movements had decreased drastically in the last few months. For instance, in October there were 615 daily landings and take-offs.
As such the air traffic also saw a downward trend at Mumbai airport, which used to have 750 daily movements before June. It saw a 12% drop in traffic from June-September with 7-10% decline every month.
27/11/08 Navita Singh/Daliy News & Analysis

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Nov 2008