Rakshabandhan week saw surge in air traffic at Mumbai airport

With travel restrictions easing in various states, there has been an upward trend in passenger traffic at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA).

According to sourced data from the city airport, about 316,118 passengers passed security checkpoints at CSMIA during the Rakshabandhan week (August 16 to August 22). This is six times more than that of the last year when only 55,875 travelled between July 31 and August 6 owing to Covid-19 related lockdown restrictions.

Data from August 20 to 22 this year saw an influx of passengers from across the country with 142,321 passengers travelling in and out of the airport.