Chennai airport hit by slump in domestic traffic

Chennai: The number of people using the Chennai airport has increased only by 1.2 percent during April-June this year when compared to the same period the previous year. The main reason for such a small increase is the stagnant situation of domestic air travel.
According to Airport Authority of India (AAI), 33.1 lakh people passed through the airport in April-June in 2012-13 and 32.6 lakh in 2011-12.
A jarring difference can be observed in the domestic and international passenger traffic. While the domestic passenger traffic saw almost next to nil growth of 0.1 per cent, the international traffic rose by 5.3 per cent.
23/08/12 The Hindu

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Categories: airports Aug 2012