LGBI airport 6th busiest in country

Guwahati: At a time when global recession takes its toll on the Indian aviation industry, Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport here has been able to maintain steady growth. This is now one of the 6th busiest airports in the country in terms of passengers volume. The airport accommodates about 84 scheduled movements daily. The figure of course shoots up sometimes depending on the flow of passengers. All the major private airliners have already expanded their wings to the airport to harness the North East market.
The airport handles nearly 8,000 passengers daily. But, in the peak season the figure goes up to over 10,000. In the month of April, it alone handled nearly 1.12 lakh passengers.
In view of growing traffic, sometimes aircrafts have to remain in mid-air for a long time due to lack of parking space. Increased passengers in the airport are apparently due to its proper connectivity. The airport is now connected to all major locations in the country probably due to which more and more people opt to fly from LGBI.
To know more about the growing air traffic, this correspondent contacted the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Guwahati. The sources of the AAI, said that it has now become a major airport in the country for its proper connectivity.
Elaborating more on the new plan, they informed that the existing runway would be increased by another 360 metres to accommodate bigger aircraft.
31/08/09 Surajit Khaund/Assam Tribune

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Categories: Airports Sep 2009