Rising COVID-19 cases lead to dip in traffic at Chennai airport

Officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said for the last few days, the number of passengers was only around 16,000, as against 18,000-20,000 earlier.

With the rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country, the number of travellers to the airport has dipped in the last few days. Officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said for the last few days, the number of passengers was only around 16,000, as against 18,000-20,000 earlier. The number of aircraft movements had also come down over the last few days. “Up until last week, we had nearly 250 flights a day, both arrivals and departures. Slowly, it came down to 230 this week and, for the last two days, it has been 210 and 218 respectively. Though this is a gradual dip, the night curfew and the Sunday lockdown are likely to have an impact. People will get more cautious and travel only if they compulsorily have to,” an official said.