The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad has been witnessing steady growth in both passenger footfall and air traffic movement in the past couple of months. The month of May saw 15 lakh domestic passengers and 2.7 lakh international passengers travelling through the airport.
The number of domestic passengers in a single day from the airport crossed 53,000 on May 15, which is about 103% of pre-Covid daily average domestic traffic whereas the number of international passengers in a single day crossed 10,000 on June 10. This is the highest ever post-COVID number at the airport or 99% of the pre-COVID daily average traffic, informed an official spokesperson on Monday.
Compared to other metro airports across the country, the RGIA, operated by GMR Group, has the highest international passenger recovery, during the period April 2021 to March 2022. In the domestic segment, the recovery is said to be at par with the Delhi International Airport, which is also run by the GMR Group.
