Andhra Pradesh registered a 60% rise in domestic air passenger traffic with a footfall of 24.74 lakh at the five airports during the 2021-22 fiscal (up to January 2022) compared to the 15.48 lakh footfall in the corresponding period last fiscal.
Four of the five airports in the State witnessed at least a 50% rise in the domestic footfall during the current fiscal year between April 2021 and January 2022, including during the second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the latest air traffic data reports of the Airports Authority of India, Tirupati airport witnessed a 113.2% rise in footfall as 4.85 lakh passengers commuted through the airport while only 2.27 lakh passengers commuted via the airport in the corresponding period of the 2020-21 fiscal. Tirupati airport also surpassed the passenger footfall of Vijayawada International Airport.
