The Delhi airport saw a sharp rise in passenger count as people resumed travelling during the festive season after a considerable break owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Between October 9 and October 13, the number of travellers in a day ranged from 1,19,000 passengers to 1,38,500. This is around half of the pre-Covid passenger footfall, which would be between 2 and 2.5 lakh a day.
On October 9, the footfall was 1,38,500 and on October 10, it was 1,38,000. In the next three days, it was 1,21,000, 1,19,000 and 1,27,000 respectively. These include domestic and international travel to and from either of the two terminals.
Recently, DIAL had announced that Terminal 1 of the airport will be operational from October 31 after being shut for 18 months.
