Mumbai: Though the Mumbai and Delhi airports still rule the domestic aviation market, the share of the two in overall traffic is falling. In 2006-07, the two airports collectively handled 40.6 per cent of all domestic passengers; in 2012-13, their share fell to 37 per cent.
While Delhi’s share has remained 19-20 per cent in the six-year period, Mumbai airport’s share in national traffic fell from 21.1 per cent to 17.4 per cent. During the period, both airports have seen growth in domestic and international traffic.
Mumbai airport officials did not respond to a query on the fall in its share. A Delhi airport spokesperson said the closure of Kingfisher Airlines (which led to Delhi losing about 85,000 domestic seats a week) and the economic slowdown had led to the decline.
Of the 1,600 domestic departures within India, the two airports handle about 600. The Mumbai-Delhi route is the busiest in the country, with 50-55 flights a day; the route accounts for about four per cent of the all-India domestic passenger traffic. Last year, as many as 4.5 million passengers flew between the two cities and the route accounts for 20 per cent of the domestic traffic handled at these airports.
12/10/13 Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard
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While Delhi’s share has remained 19-20 per cent in the six-year period, Mumbai airport’s share in national traffic fell from 21.1 per cent to 17.4 per cent. During the period, both airports have seen growth in domestic and international traffic.
Mumbai airport officials did not respond to a query on the fall in its share. A Delhi airport spokesperson said the closure of Kingfisher Airlines (which led to Delhi losing about 85,000 domestic seats a week) and the economic slowdown had led to the decline.
Of the 1,600 domestic departures within India, the two airports handle about 600. The Mumbai-Delhi route is the busiest in the country, with 50-55 flights a day; the route accounts for about four per cent of the all-India domestic passenger traffic. Last year, as many as 4.5 million passengers flew between the two cities and the route accounts for 20 per cent of the domestic traffic handled at these airports.
12/10/13 Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard
