Pune: The city's overseas fliers seem to be skirting the Lohegaon
facility because of high airfares to international destinations and
opting for more "pocket-friendly" airports like Mumbai, Delhi and
Hyderabad.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI)'s latest data reveal that the international passenger traffic growth at the Lohegaon airport has been the lowest in the past three years (till December 2016). The international passenger traffic between April and December 2016 here reported an increase of just 3.4% — the weakest three quarterly performance in the past three years.
From the 1.82 lakh international passengers logging at the airport between April and December 2015, the number went up to only 1.88 lakh in the same period in 2016 — just a 3.4% growth and the lowest since 2013. The domestic passenger traffic growth also dipped from 29% in April to December, 2015 to 25.6% in the same period in 2016.
A senior Lohegaon airport official told TOI that the international passenger traffic growth here might have slowed down because of several issues.
To Read the News in Full 03/02/17 Times of India
The Airports Authority of India (AAI)'s latest data reveal that the international passenger traffic growth at the Lohegaon airport has been the lowest in the past three years (till December 2016). The international passenger traffic between April and December 2016 here reported an increase of just 3.4% — the weakest three quarterly performance in the past three years.
From the 1.82 lakh international passengers logging at the airport between April and December 2015, the number went up to only 1.88 lakh in the same period in 2016 — just a 3.4% growth and the lowest since 2013. The domestic passenger traffic growth also dipped from 29% in April to December, 2015 to 25.6% in the same period in 2016.
A senior Lohegaon airport official told TOI that the international passenger traffic growth here might have slowed down because of several issues.
To Read the News in Full 03/02/17 Times of India
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