Mangaluru International Airport in coastal Karnataka.
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Passenger traffic witnessed 12.5% development and air traffic actions have been up 4.4% at Mangaluru International Airport throughout 2023-24.
The airport dealt with 20.18 lakh passengers in the final monetary 12 months as in opposition to 17.94 lakh passengers in the earlier fiscal (2022-23). The variety of home travellers was 14.08 lakh and worldwide travellers was 6.10 lakh. Domestic travellers elevated by 16.5% and worldwide travellers dealt with was up 4.2%.
The air traffic actions (ATMs) have been up from 14,475 actions in 2022-23 to fifteen,113 actions throughout 2023-24, registering 4.4% development.
The normal aviation (chartered flights) grew 37.7% in the final monetary 12 months the place the airport dealt with 365 flights, which was 100 greater than what the airport dealt with in monetary 12 months 2022-23.
The improve in home ATMs regardless of the a number of challenges that airways working to the airport confronted was a powerful 11.7%. More passengers travelled internationally regardless of a fall in abroad ATMs.
The spotlight of home and worldwide journey got here in December 2023 the place the airport dealt with a report 2.03 lakh passengers, which is the very best ever single month motion of passengers at the airport.
On the ATM entrance, the airport dealt with a report 1,550 ATMs in March 2024, the very best month-to-month motion. This was primarily resulting from a transfer by an airline to make use of extra ATRs as a substitute of Airbus on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru sector.
Boeing 737 Max on Mangaluru-Chennai route
Air India Express has employed a narrow-bodied plane (Boeing 737 Max) for one-way by means of connectivity between Chennai and Mangaluru by way of Bengaluru in the summer season schedule that received underway on March 31.
IX 782 will depart from Chennai at 9.45 a.m. and attain Bengaluru at 10.40 a.m. This flight will depart Bengaluru as IX 782 at 11.15 a.m. and attain Mangaluru at 12.15 p.m.
IndiGo is working two direct flights every day to Chennai utilizing ATRs.
