With the majority of people having taken both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the footfall of flyers has increased to about 10,000 on weekdays and around 15,000 over weekends at Pune’s Lohegaon airport. Flights resuming to other centres is also one of the major factors behind the rise in flyer footfall at the airport. Both the number of flyers and flights have increased as compared to 2020 but they are still lower than 2019 when passenger traffic was 23,000 (arrival and departure).
Santosh Dhoke, director, Lohegaon airport, said, “The number of flights has increased to 55 daily. The number has gone up with a few flights resuming and flights to new centres added as well.
