Even as the Srinagar Airport has been continuously witnessing manifold growth in passenger traffic during last one year, the proposed infrastructure upgradation to cater the growing footfalls is moving at a slow pace.
While as the passenger traffic at the Airport grew by 18 per cent during 2018 as compared to 2017, it has witnessed 13 per cent growth during April-May 2019 as compared to the same period last year.
According to latest Airports Authority of India (AAI) data, 5.29 lakh passengers travelled from Srinagar Airport during April-May 2019 as compared to 4.70 lakh passengers in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
