Global passengers key to traffic growth at Mangalore airport

Mangalore: International passengers have been emerging as the mainstay for the growth of traffic in Mangalore airport. Though nearly one-third of the Mangalore airport's passenger traffic was contributed by international passengers in 2011, the international traffic went up by only 4.10 per cent during the period. A notified customs aerodrome, Mangalore airport has connectivity to several destinations in West Asia. However, it is yet to get the international tag. The airport handled 8.47 lakh passengers in 2011 as against 8.22 lakh in 2010. The share of international passengers to the total passengers increased from 2.36 lakh (constituting 28.77 per cent) in 2010 to 2.46 lakh (29.05 per cent) in 2011.
Mr Rajesh Sequera, Coordinator of the UAE-based Karnataka NRI Forum, attributed the flat growth in international traffic to the connecting flight facilities offered by other airlines. (Air India Express is the only carrier operating direct flights from Mangalore to other destinations in West Asia.)
09/02/12 AJ Vinayak/Business Line

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Categories: airports Feb 2012