New Delhi: Delhi boasts of being the busiest airport in the country, but Mumbai still retains the edge as far as international passengers are concerned.
According to data from the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the Mumbai International Airport saw more international passenger traffic than Delhi in the first nine months of this fiscal.
Between April and December 2010, 66.93 lakh international passengers traversed through the Delhi International Airport (DIAL), while the traffic in Mumbai during the same period was 67.75 lakh.
In fact, the year-on-year growth in international traffic at Mumbai was also at a slightly faster clip of 11.1% against 10.5% at Delhi.
In the domestic case, however, Delhi remains the clear winner.
Delhi saw over 1.5 crore passengers, whereas Mumbai had to be content with a little over 1.48 crore. This was despite the fact that domestic traffic at Mumbai grew at a faster clip of 4.3% year-on-year, whereas the growth was only 13.4% for the DIAL.
It is interesting to note that though Delhi retains the number one slot in combined traffic figures, it has again fallen behind Mumbai in terms of total traffic for December last year.
08/03/11 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News & Analysis
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