Vizag airport sees uptick in passenger footfall

VISAKHAPATNAM: Air traffic, which suffered a severe setback due to Covid pandemic, is limping back to normalcy in Visakhapatnam and is expected to reach the pre-Covid levels if the trend continues for the next three months. The international airport has witnessed a increase in the number of flights as well as passenger footfall.

In August, the monthly passenger footfall increased by 44,000. Airport director K Srinivasa Rai said on Monday that the Vizag airport registered 1.48 lakh footfall in August against 1.04 lakh in July and just 61,000 August last year. He said the primary reason for the spurt in the passengers is the increasing confidence of safe travel among people as Covid-19 cases in many parts of the country are declining.