The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru recorded a 96 per cent growth in passenger numbers during FY 2022-23, with 31.91 million passengers traveling through the airport.
The airport showed a growth of 85 per cent in the domestic sector (28.12 million passengers) and 245 per cent in the international sector (3.78 million passengers), from the previous year.
Satyaki Raghunath, Chief Strategy and Development Officer of Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) which operates KIA, said in an official statement that the year’s high points came in Akasa’s growth, the launch of Qantas’ service to Sydney and the launch of Emirates’ daily Airbus A380 services to Dubai.
