Bengaluru: Air traffic at the Kempegowda International Airport (BLR
Airport) grew by 22.5 per cent by clocking 22.18 million passengers in
calendar 2016.
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), which operates BLR Airport, released its annual traffic figures for2016 which showed that Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) increased by 19.9 per cent, with the airport now connecting 45 airlines to 66 destinations in India and globally. On an average, 60,000 passengers travel through the airport every day.
GV Sanjay Reddy, Managing Director of BIAL, said “2016 saw another strong year for us at BLR Airport. Despite the many challenges, we have grown exponentially in terms of passenger traffic. Our cargo business has also seen an incremental growth which reaffirms our growth strategy to develop our airport as the cargo hub of South India.”
The airport saw record-breaking 2 million passengers travelling in November 2016 and an all-time monthly high of 2.15 million passengers in December 2016, the single highest traffic month for any airport in the South.
Statistics point to an expanding market, with growth in leisure travel. Traffic was on an upswing with positive growth in domestic and international passengers in 2016, with a percentage growth of 25.5 per cent and 9 per cent respectively.
The total domestic passengers in 2016 were 18.62 million while the total international passengers were 3.56 million.
To Read the News in Full 12/02/17 Business Line
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), which operates BLR Airport, released its annual traffic figures for2016 which showed that Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) increased by 19.9 per cent, with the airport now connecting 45 airlines to 66 destinations in India and globally. On an average, 60,000 passengers travel through the airport every day.
GV Sanjay Reddy, Managing Director of BIAL, said “2016 saw another strong year for us at BLR Airport. Despite the many challenges, we have grown exponentially in terms of passenger traffic. Our cargo business has also seen an incremental growth which reaffirms our growth strategy to develop our airport as the cargo hub of South India.”
The airport saw record-breaking 2 million passengers travelling in November 2016 and an all-time monthly high of 2.15 million passengers in December 2016, the single highest traffic month for any airport in the South.
Statistics point to an expanding market, with growth in leisure travel. Traffic was on an upswing with positive growth in domestic and international passengers in 2016, with a percentage growth of 25.5 per cent and 9 per cent respectively.
The total domestic passengers in 2016 were 18.62 million while the total international passengers were 3.56 million.
To Read the News in Full 12/02/17 Business Line
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