The Hindu Business Line : New Hyderabad airport averaging 18,500 passengers daily

Hyderabad, March 29 Grappling with initial glitches and stating that efforts were on to overcome them, the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad, said it was averaging about 18,500 passengers every day.

In its review of performance for the first five days, the airport developer, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), said since operations began from 00.01 hrs on March 23, it had handled around 15,000 international and 78,000 domestic passengers.

Air traffic

On the air traffic, it said the total Air Traffic Movement (ATMs) in that period was around 1,500 (750 aircraft arriving and 750 departing from the new international airport). ATM is defined as one-round movement of an aircraft – landing and taking off.

The performance of check-in, baggage handling, and fuel farm systems has been steadily improving. On the domestic passengers front, the average time taken for the first baggage is around 11-14 min and last baggage is around 18-36 min, it claimed in a press release.

While GHIAL has been putting in place facilities to reach passengers to the airport, connectivity issues still continue to dog the people, with complaints rising. Also, the initial impact has been felt in the short haul routes and low-cost airlines, where passenger flows have registered a fall.

The GHIAL release said about 30 AC buses being run from four locations in the city with a charge of Rs 95 per passenger were getting a positive response from the public. Plans were on to increase both the number of buses and locations in the coming days.

In addition to this, about 700 Radio Taxis operated by Meru and Easy Cabs with fixed charges of Rs 15 per km were pressed into service.

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