Kolkata: The city has recorded the highest passenger growth among the top 12 airports in India and is set to overtake Chennai this year to become the country’s fourthlargest airport after Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
The passenger count at Kolkata airport increased from 1.58 crore in 2016-17 to 1.99
crore in 2017-18, a whopping 26% growth. The number of passengers has nearly doubled in four years—it was just 1crore in 2014-15.
Sources said the city airport also saw the highest decadal growth. In absolute numbers, only Delhi airport added more passengers than Kolkata did.
Barring a major disruption, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is projected to add over 40 lakh flyers in the current fiscal, which will take the overall passenger count close to 2.5 crore.
It’s a combination of more flights into the city with very high passenger loads that helped Kolkata airport achieve such a spectacular growth. In the domestic sector, passenger growth outpaced flights though it was the reverse in the international sector.
10/05/18 Subhro Niyogi/Times of India
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The passenger count at Kolkata airport increased from 1.58 crore in 2016-17 to 1.99
crore in 2017-18, a whopping 26% growth. The number of passengers has nearly doubled in four years—it was just 1crore in 2014-15.
Sources said the city airport also saw the highest decadal growth. In absolute numbers, only Delhi airport added more passengers than Kolkata did.
Barring a major disruption, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is projected to add over 40 lakh flyers in the current fiscal, which will take the overall passenger count close to 2.5 crore.
It’s a combination of more flights into the city with very high passenger loads that helped Kolkata airport achieve such a spectacular growth. In the domestic sector, passenger growth outpaced flights though it was the reverse in the international sector.
10/05/18 Subhro Niyogi/Times of India
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