Delhi handles more air passengers than Mumbai

New Delhi: Delhi has replaced Mumbai as the airport handling the maximum number of air travellers.
The latest data collated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) show that during January-March this year, Delhi handled 5.93 million passengers, while Mumbai handled 5.75 million passengers.
The data show that Mumbai handled 102,498 fewer international passengers than the 2.06 million international passengers that Delhi handled during January-March. During the period, 3.86 million domestic passengers passed through Delhi while Mumbai handled almost 74,731 fewer passengers.
Interestingly, Mumbai continues to see more aircraft land there compared with the airport here. The latest data show that during the first quarter while Mumbai handled 56,129 aircraft Delhi saw 53,173 aircraft pass through during the corresponding period.
Industry analysts point out that one reason for Mumbai handling more aircraft despite passenger traffic declining could be because of the smaller variety of aircraft that are operated by several international airlines.
25/04/09 Ashwini Phadnis/Business Line

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Categories: Airports Apr 2009