Finally, annual passenger traffic at the big city airports of Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad has soared past the peaks attained before Covid struck and air travel went into a spiral.
But when it comes to air traffic or the number of flights operated to and from an airport, only Mumbai and Bengaluru have managed to cross the pre-Covid numbers, shows data released by the Airports Authority of India.
The data also revealed that for the third straight year, Mumbai airport registered the highest year-on-year passenger traffic growth among Indian metro airports. From April 2023 to March 2024, Mumbai handled about 5.3 crore flyers, a 20% jump.
