Monday, December 30, 2019

Hubballi continues to be K'taka's third busiest airport

Hubballi: According to the Airport Authority of India website, the Bengaluru airport also saw 32.42 lakh passengers either boarding or alighting international flights between April and November. There
was an increase of 3.61 lakh international flight passengers compared to last year. In the month of
November alone, the Bengaluru airport has handled 4.12 lakh international passengers.
The website also said that the 37 international airports in India saw 4.54 crore international
passengers, with Delhi Internation airport alone handling 1.20 crore of them.
Mangaluru Airport, the only other international airport in State, saw a fall in a number of
international passengers using the airport, as its footfall fell to 4.01 lakh passengers between April
and November, compared to last year when it was 5.13 lakh. In November 2018, 61,840
international passengers had been to Mangaluru airport whereas in 2019 November it was just 45,
742.
Mangaluru airport also saw a dip in domestic passengers during the same period compared to last
year. While 8.69 lakh domestic passengers either landed or took o from here in 2019, last year it
was 10.87 lakh.
Regional Connectivity Scheme (Udan scheme) has helped tire-II cities of Karnataka, with Hubballi
domestic airport continuing to hold on to its third-busiest airport in Karnataka position with 3.26
lakh passenger visiting the airport during the said period. This, however, is an increase of 20% of
passengers. In 2018-19 as many as 2.71 lakh passengers were handled by Hubballi airport. While
4,307 flights took o or landed at Hubballi airport in 2018 (April-November), in 2019 as many as
4,556 flights were handled here.
29/12/129 Pavan Kumar/Deccan Herald
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