The cargo traffic at Bangalore International Airport increased by 139 per cent in the first half of this fiscal, driven by international freight, private aerodrome operator BIAL said on Wednesday.
The airport has also re-established traffic on 51 domestic destinations, achieving 88 per cent connectivity of the pre-COVID levels, it added.
Before the pandemic, around 60 per cent of domestic and international freight was being carried in the belly space of passenger aircraft and the remainder in freighters.
With the reduction in passenger flights due to the restrictions, several airlines both domestic and international converted passenger to cargo (P2C) aircraft, enabling the availability of a larger amount of cargo capacity, Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) said in a release.
