Mumbai Airport's overall passenger traffic continues upward, but international disappoints

Passenger traffic continued to improve at Mumbai Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport in Aug-2009, rising 8.1% year-on-year, to 2.05 million passengers. Domestic traffic led the way with a sixth consecutive monthly improvement, rising a creditable 17.5%, to 1.39 million passengers. International traffic, meanwhile, continues to lag and was down 7.1%, to 662,118 passengers. The increase was achieved on the back of an overall growth in air traffic movements of 4.9% over the month. [683 words]

CAPA Members Login Username: Password: Remember details

Instantly get access to this article now for USD15.00. or If you've already bought this article, you can view it by typing your Article Key:

This report contains the following subheadings:

• Taxiway woes continue during rebuilding phase
• GVK may hike stake in Mumbai Airport to 50%?

This report contains the following charts and tables:

• Mumbai Airport passenger number growth and cargo volume growth: Aug-2008 to Aug-2009