Ranchi airport footfall way up since June, but still half of pre-Covid numbers

Passenger footfall at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport, which had reduced to less than half in the light of the Covid induced lockdown, has tripled since June, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) stated on Monday.

AAI in a tweet from its official Twitter handle stated that passenger traffic at the Ranchi airport had dropped to 57,749 in the month of June when travel restrictions were relaxed after the strict lockdown since March. Passenger traffic shot up to 1,41,268 in November when more flights were allowed to ply, the AAI stated, lauding the airport staff here for their efforts.