Lohegaon international airport is on growth path

Pune: The global recession in 2009 had affected the growth of passenger traffic at Pune’s Lohegaon airport, but it charted a stupendous growth path in 2010.
There has been a growth of around 20% in passenger traffic this year at Lohegaon airport, as against 12% in 2009.
The airport has so far handled over 2.3 million passengers and the authorities are expecting to cross the three million mark by the end of this financial year.
This year, Pune has been linked by air to newer destinations such as Patna, Leh and Lucknow by GoAir. GoAir returned to Pune to resume operations after a gap of three years.
However, despite demands from different quarters in 2010, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has failed to introduce new international flights from Pune, especially to Singapore.
At present, eight aviation players are operating from Pune with 76 (to and fro) flights daily from the airport. Two international flights originate from Pune, one to Dubai and the other to Frankfurt.
27/12/10 Ranjan Das Gupta/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Dec 2010