Khushi Thapa, 18th July 2022:
In the first half of 2022, passengers at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport increased 132% year over year to 16.84 million, according to the private airport operator.
According to a statement from the Adani Group, the increase in travel demand at CSMIA (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) mainly was caused by the volume of domestic passengers as well as operations for chartered services.
The airport handled 3.48 million international passengers and 13.36 million domestic passengers over the period, representing an increase of 97% over the international passenger volume held during the same period the previous year, it added.
The airport handled about 1,30,000 flight movements between domestic and foreign destinations in the first half of the calendar year 2022, the report stated.
As per CSMIA, out of these, there were 97,460 flights on domestic lines and 24,910 flights on international routes.
According to the airport manager, Mumbai’s operations on the routes Abu Dhabi, Najaf, Phuket, Warsaw, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City will begin in January–June 2022. According to the statement, CSMIA assisted in transporting 17,552 passengers through the General Aviation Terminal (GA terminal), of which 15,588 were domestic passengers and 1,964 were foreign travelers.
The airport operator said Mumbai’s operations on the routes Abu Dhabi, Najaf, Phuket, Warsaw, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City will begin in January–June 2022. According to the statement, CSMIA assisted in transporting 17,552 passengers through the General Aviation Terminal (GA terminal), of which 15,588 were domestic passengers and 1,964 were foreign travelers.
As per CSMIA, the GA terminal saw a total of 3,432 arrivals and 3,446 departures during the first two quarters of CY 2022, which saw a total of 6,878 airplane movements.
