The Hindu Business Line : Hyderabad emerging fastest growing airport in South

Hyderabad is emerging as the fastest growing airport in the South recording a growth of almost 43 per cent in domestic passengers handled during April-March 2005-06.

The latest data complied by the Airports Authority of India shows that Hyderabad airport handled 29.94 lakh domestic passengers, up from 20.95 lakh handled during the corresponding period in the previous year.

During March, the airport handled 3,21,946 passengers, up from 2,24,558 during the previous year.

In terms of aircraft movement, Hyderabad recorded a growth of 45 per cent having handled 40,875 domestic aircraft in 2005-06 compared to 28,144 during the previous year.

Traffic up

During the year, while Bangalore recorded a growth of 39.5 per cent in domestic passengers handled at 47.92 lakh (34.35 lakh), Chennai reported a growth of more than 29 per cent at 41.73 lakh (32.33 lakh).

Among the other southern airports, Coimbatore handled 5,59,133 domestic passengers recording a growth of 47.9 per cent, Tiruchi reported an increase of 21.9 per cent at 29,556 and Mangalore reported a growth of 13.6 per cent at 3,04,824.

In Kerala, while Cochin International Airport Ltd, reported a growth of 24 per cent in domestic passengers handled at 7,31,762 (5,90,054), Tiruvananthapuram reported a growth of 12.2 per cent at 3,22,597.

During the year, there was a growth of 27.9 per cent with all the airports having handled 5.1 crore domestic passengers up from 3.98 crore in 2004-05.

Mumbai, Delhi `flying'

"The higher increase in passenger traffic is mainly because of higher growth in most international airports.

The introduction of low-cost no-frill airlines has also given a boost to the industry,'' a senior AAI official said.

Mumbai and Delhi continued to handle the maximum number of domestic passengers at 116.82 lakh and 104.68 lakh, respectively, during April-March 2005-06.

While Mumbai reported a growth of 22 per cent, Delhi recorded a growth of 33.4 per cent.

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