Passenger footfall at Birsa Munda Airport triples since June

The passenger footfall at the Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi has almost tripled since June, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) stated on Sunday. However, the passenger footfall here was still less than half of what it used to be in pre-Covid times, airport officials admitted.

The AAI took to social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter to highlight that the passenger traffic at the Ranchi airport had dropped down to 57,749 in the month of June, when travel restrictions were relaxed after strict lockdown since March. However, the passenger traffic shot up to 1,41,268 in November this year when more flights were allowed to ply, the AAI stated.