Bengaluru: The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) here recorded an all-time monthly high of 2.15 million passengers in December, the single highest traffic month for any airport in south India.
Consistently clocking such high numbers, KIA achieved an overall traffic growth of 22.5% over the previous year.
Annual traffic figures for 2016 stood at 22.18 million passengers. The data, released by the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) on Wednesday, also shows that on an average 60,000 passengers travel through the airport every day.
As many as 75,515 travelers checked into KIA on a record day in December. Earlier in the year, the airport welcomed its 100 millionth passenger.
Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) witnessed an increase of 19.9%. The airport, launched in May 2008, currently connects 45 airlines to 66 destinations in India and abroad. BIAL officials attributed the rising numbers to an expanding aviation market and a perceptible growth in leisure travel.
Last year, the growth was positive for both domestic (25.5%) and international passenger numbers (9%). A total of 18.62 million domestic and 3.56 million international passengers used KIA for air commute. The airport continued its position as the third largest in the country.
09/02/17 Deccan Herald
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Consistently clocking such high numbers, KIA achieved an overall traffic growth of 22.5% over the previous year.
Annual traffic figures for 2016 stood at 22.18 million passengers. The data, released by the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) on Wednesday, also shows that on an average 60,000 passengers travel through the airport every day.
As many as 75,515 travelers checked into KIA on a record day in December. Earlier in the year, the airport welcomed its 100 millionth passenger.
Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) witnessed an increase of 19.9%. The airport, launched in May 2008, currently connects 45 airlines to 66 destinations in India and abroad. BIAL officials attributed the rising numbers to an expanding aviation market and a perceptible growth in leisure travel.
Last year, the growth was positive for both domestic (25.5%) and international passenger numbers (9%). A total of 18.62 million domestic and 3.56 million international passengers used KIA for air commute. The airport continued its position as the third largest in the country.
09/02/17 Deccan Herald
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