83% drop in flyers at Mumbai airport during April-December, 75% dip in Delhi

MUMBAI: Mumbai airport witnessed an 83% drop in passenger traffic and 71% in flight movement between April-December 2020, compared to the same period in 2019. Mumbai witnessed the worst decline among major and even smaller airports in India.
Delhi airport saw a 75% decline in passenger traffic (domestic and international), while Bangalore and Hyderabad had 75% and 72% drops respectively, according to data released by Airports Authority of India.
Expectedly, decrease in flight movement was higher for Mumbai, compared to other airports. While Mumbai saw a drop of 71% in flight movement in April-December 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, for other major airports the decline was lower. Delhi airport was 62%, Bangalore 60 % and Hyderabad 61%. But the numbers are improving.
Flight volumes and passenger traffic have, however, been on a steady rise. The drop in flights (domestic and international) in December 2020 compared to December 2019 for Mumbai was 44%. It is an improvement over numbers for November, which was a drop of 50% and October, which was a decline of 60% and for September it was 68%.