CHENNAI: With the state government removing travel restrictions, number of passengers and flights have started to increase at Chennai airport. Number of daily passengers has increased from around 6,000 in July to more than 7,000 in August. The number of flights too has increased from around 50 a day to close to 80 on most of the days this month.
On August 24, the airport saw 81 flights and 8,067 passengers, the highest so far after domestic flight operation resumed. Arrivals saw 4,617 passengers and departures 3,450. This shows that arrivals increased as restrictions are fewer while departures have reduced unlike the earlier trend.
