Pune:The GVK led Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) is expanding its existing reach with added flight frequency to the Southeast Asian countries, its officials said recently.
Catering to 48.8 million passengers, GVK Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) sees an increasing passenger traffic travelling to Southeast Asian countries like Singapore, Thailand, Bangkok, among other destinations.
Fostering accessibility and profound connectivity to the southeast Asian countries, the Mumbai International airport will soon see an increase in the current flight frequency to Bangkok, and Singapore within the next one month.
A total of 488,538 passengers (669 passengers per day each way) travelled between Mumbai-Bangkok-Mumbai in FY 2018-19. With 24 daily flights, on an average CSMIA caters to 27% of the total passenger traffic between Mumbai and the Southeast Asian countries.
The expansion of GoAir, IndiGo, Vistara and now SpiceJet flights to the existing fleet to these countries will not only boost MICE travel (meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions) but will also accelerate leisure tourism.
Additionally, CSMIA also witnessed passenger traffic to Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat among other prominent Middle Eastern countries. Encapsulating the details, during FY 2018-19, a total of 171,041 passengers (234 passengers per day each way) travelled between Mumbai-Abu Dhabi-Mumbai. While, 221,708 passengers (304 passengers per day each way) travelled between Mumbai-Muscat-Mumbai.
05/08/19 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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Catering to 48.8 million passengers, GVK Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) sees an increasing passenger traffic travelling to Southeast Asian countries like Singapore, Thailand, Bangkok, among other destinations.
Fostering accessibility and profound connectivity to the southeast Asian countries, the Mumbai International airport will soon see an increase in the current flight frequency to Bangkok, and Singapore within the next one month.
A total of 488,538 passengers (669 passengers per day each way) travelled between Mumbai-Bangkok-Mumbai in FY 2018-19. With 24 daily flights, on an average CSMIA caters to 27% of the total passenger traffic between Mumbai and the Southeast Asian countries.
The expansion of GoAir, IndiGo, Vistara and now SpiceJet flights to the existing fleet to these countries will not only boost MICE travel (meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions) but will also accelerate leisure tourism.
Additionally, CSMIA also witnessed passenger traffic to Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat among other prominent Middle Eastern countries. Encapsulating the details, during FY 2018-19, a total of 171,041 passengers (234 passengers per day each way) travelled between Mumbai-Abu Dhabi-Mumbai. While, 221,708 passengers (304 passengers per day each way) travelled between Mumbai-Muscat-Mumbai.
05/08/19 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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