In terms of aircraft movement, Hyderabad recorded a growth of 45 per cent having handled 40,875 domestic aircraft in 2005-06 compared to 28,144 during the previous year.
Traffic up
During the year, while Bangalore recorded a growth of 39.5 per cent in domestic passengers handled at 47.92 lakh (34.35 lakh), Chennai reported a growth of more than 29 per cent at 41.73 lakh (32.33 lakh).
Among the other southern airports, Coimbatore handled 5,59,133 domestic passengers recording a growth of 47.9 per cent, Tiruchi reported an increase of 21.9 per cent at 29,556 and Mangalore reported a growth of 13.6 per cent at 3,04,824.
In Kerala, while Cochin International Airport Ltd, reported a growth of 24 per cent in domestic passengers handled at 7,31,762 (5,90,054), Tiruvananthapuram reported a growth of 12.2 per cent at 3,22,597.
During the year, there was a growth of 27.9 per cent with all the airports having handled 5.1 crore domestic passengers up from 3.98 crore in 2004-05.
Mumbai, Delhi 'flying'
"The higher increase in passenger traffic is mainly because of higher growth in most international airports. The introduction of low-cost no-frill airlines has also given a boost to the industry,'' a senior AAI official said.
Mumbai and Delhi continued to handle the maximum number of domestic passengers at 116.82 lakh and 104.68 lakh, respectively, during April-March 2005-06. While Mumbai reported a growth of 22 per cent, Delhi recorded a growth of 33.4 per cent.
Source: The Hindu
