Passenger traffic picks up pace at Mumbai airport ahead of festive season

With the festive season just around the corner and with countries across the globe easing down travel restrictions, August witnessed a surge in the number of passengers travelling through Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport (CSMIA). “Over 1.5 million passengers have flown in and out of CSMIA in the month of August, in comparison to 4 lakh passengers who travelled in August 2020. Working tirelessly through the pandemic, the airport has been constantly striving to provide uninterrupted connectivity to travellers while creating a haven for its passengers and personnel. Amid festive season, CSMIA played host to a total of approximately 15,87,150 passengers with flights across domestic and international destinations in the month of August. In this month, the airport has catered to approximately 14,02,369 domestic passengers and 1,84,787 flew international locations,” an airport official said. “About 7,85,479 passengers arrived at CSMIA in the month of August, while 8,01,677 passengers departed from CSMIA to various domestic and international destinations. CSMIA registered Delhi, Bangalore and Goa emerging as the most travelled domestic destinations from CSMIA with 2,42,085, 1,11,026 and 95,089 passengers respectively. While Doha emerged as the top international destination with approximately 41,410 passengers to and from CSMIA. This was followed by Dubai and Male with 37,126 and 18,190 passengers respectively, travelling internationally from Mumbai. Indigo, Air India and Vistara carried the highest number of passengers on domestic routes while Qatar Airways, Indigo and Air India catered to the majority of passengers internationally,” the official added.