Passenger traffic up 12.5% at Mangaluru International Airport in 2023-24
The Hindu
The highlight of domestic and international travel came in December 2023 where the airport handled a record 2.03 lakh passengers, which is the highest ever single month movement of passengers at the airport.
Passenger traffic witnessed 12.5% growth and air traffic movements were up 4.4% at Mangaluru International Airport during 2023-24.
The airport handled 20.18 lakh passengers in the last financial year as against 17.94 lakh passengers in the previous fiscal (2022-23). The number of domestic travellers was 14.08 lakh and international travellers was 6.10 lakh. Domestic travellers increased by 16.5% and international travellers handled was up 4.2%.
The air traffic movements (ATMs) were up from 14,475 movements in 2022-23 to 15,113 movements during 2023-24, registering 4.4% growth.
The general aviation (chartered flights) grew 37.7% in the last financial year where the airport handled 365 flights, which was 100 more than what the airport handled in financial year 2022-23.
The increase in domestic ATMs despite the multiple challenges that airlines operating to the airport faced was an impressive 11.7%. More passengers travelled internationally despite a fall in overseas ATMs.
The highlight of domestic and international travel came in December 2023 where the airport handled a record 2.03 lakh passengers, which is the highest ever single month movement of passengers at the airport.
On the ATM front, the airport handled a record 1,550 ATMs in March 2024, the highest monthly movement. This was primarily due to a move by an airline to use more ATRs instead of Airbus on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru sector.
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