Festive seasons pushes up footfall at Delhi’s IGI Airport

Ever since the festive season began, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has witnessed an increase in passenger footfall, recording 1.9 million domestic passengers in October — 42 per cent of the average monthly pre-Covid traffic. One million international passengers also travelled to and from the Delhi airport from May 25 to October, an official from the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said.

With 69 domestic destinations, the airport is the most well-connected in the country. In the last few months, the top five travel destinations have been Mumbai, Patna, Srinagar, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. An official said, “Of late, people have been traveling to visit friends and family in other cities. This peak festive season continues till December.