Bengaluru: Kempegowda International Airport Sees Dip in Passenger Traffic

26 Jun, 2021 17:30 IST|Sakshi Post

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, passenger traffic at Kempegowda International Airport (KIAB/BLR Airport) in Bangalore has fallen by 66% in the fiscal year 2020-21.

Since domestic air travel resumed in India on May 25, 2020, after a two-month break, BLR Airport has only received 10.91 million passengers in 2020-21, compared to 32.3 million passengers in the previous financial year.

According to a statement released by the airport on Friday, 10.45 million passengers travelled on domestic routes, down 63% from 27 million in 2019-20.

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In 2019-20, four million passengers travelled on international routes, but that number fell to 0.46 million in 2020-21, a 90% decrease. This is mostly due to the prolonged suspension of international flights and the implementation of Covid-19 limitations around the world.

This is mostly due to the prolonged suspension of foreign flights and global Covid-19 limitations.

Following signs of improvement in the middle of the fiscal year, traffic began to decline considerably in February 2021 due to an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in India, according to the statement.

Reduced airline slots at airports due to DGCA guidelines also contributed to the decreased numbers.

A total of 113,993 air traffic movements (ATMs) were recorded in 2019-20, down from 231,051 in the previous year.

While domestic traffic decreased by 49% to 102,801 movements, foreign traffic decreased by 61% to 11,192 movements in the last 311 days of operations.

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