Traffic hits downturn air pocket

Calcutta: Passenger footfall at Calcutta airport has taken a beating, dropping four per cent in the first quarter of 2009-10 compared with the same period the previous year.
Cargo traffic has taken even a bigger hit, reeling from a 10 per cent negative growth.
A survey at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport has revealed that international passenger movement has gone up by two per cent against a five per cent slide in the number of domestic fliers, causing an overall dip of around four per cent between April and June.
The number of international flights from the city has gone up by 20 per cent (mostly on south and Southeast Asia sectors) but domestic flights have come down by 10 per cent.
This was in sharp contrast to fiscal 2006-07 which saw a 42 per cent rise in domestic movement and eight per cent rise in the international sector, on the wings of a buoyant economy.
31/08/09 Sanjay Mandal/The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Aug 2009