Delhi airport sees record number of passengers after second Covid-19 wave

Delhi airport hit a new milestone on October 3, when it handled over 125,000 passengers (domestic and international) arriving or taking off. This number is the highest after the country was pummelled by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in April.

The country’s largest airport handled 107,300 domestic passengers on that day – again a record after the second wave.

But read the numbers with caution.

Despite an increase in flights and passenger movement, especially in domestic travel, there is a gap. For instance, the average daily domestic passengers in February 2020 (which is taken as the benchmark by the airport for pre-Covid daily passengers) was 154,155. The peak on October 3 was only 70 per cent of that magic number.