Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.
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The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) recorded a passenger numbers restoration of 82% because the calendar 12 months 2019 (pre-COVID 12 months), with a complete of 27.5 million passengers travelling via the airport in 2022. This included an 85% restoration within the home and a 65% restoration within the worldwide sectors.
BIAL, the airport operator, mentioned a number of causes, together with relaunching key routes and introducing new routes connecting main enterprise hubs and journey locations, contributed to the speedy restoration.
“As many as 24.36 million domestic passengers and 3.14 million international passengers travelled through KIA. The month of December recorded significant numbers,” BIAL mentioned.
In the vacation season
The operator mentioned there was a pointy improve in passenger numbers throughout the year-end vacation season. “As many as 3.13 million passengers travelled in December 2022 (2.74 million of them were domestic passengers) – surpassing the pre-COVID record of 3.06 million passengers in December 2019. On December 23, the airport recorded the highest number of passengers for 2022 at 1,07,825 pax,” BIAL mentioned.
It added that there was a powerful 98% restoration in air transport actions vis-à-vis pre-COVID numbers, and home actions witnessed a 100% restoration.
75 locations
BIAL mentioned that after two difficult years of the pandemic, most airways resumed their operations totally, connecting to an elevated variety of locations in 2022. The airport is now related to 75 locations throughout India, a rise of 16 locations, in comparison with pre-COVID.
Post-resumption of scheduled worldwide operations in March 2022, direct flight service between Bengaluru and Sydney was began, and Emirates launched the A380 service to Dubai. Further, Air India’s thrice-weekly Bengaluru – San Francisco route was additionally resumed in December 2022.
“Other international airlines also resumed their flights to most major pre-COVID destinations in 2022,” BIAL mentioned. The operator additionally mentioned KIA is a most popular hub for switch passengers because of its regional connectivity.
Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kochi, and Hyderabad had been the highest home routes in 2022, contributing roughly 40% to home visitors. Dubai, Male, Singapore, Doha, and Abu Dhabi had been the highest worldwide routes contributing roughly 47% to worldwide visitors for KIA.
No. 1 for perishables
BIAL mentioned for the second 12 months in a row, KIA stood as the number one airport for perishables in India and is now recognized because the third busiest airport processing worldwide cargo in India.
“The COVID years were very challenging for us, but despite that, we are encouraged by the steady recovery in passenger traffic. Passenger comfort and seamless travel continue to be a priority, and in addition to this, our cargo partnerships have contributed to our business growth,” mentioned Satyaki Raghunath, Chief Strategy & Development Officer of Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL).
Source: www.thehindu.com
