Hyd airport records 109% of pre-Covid traffic

Hyderabad: Air travel has been steadily increasing with domestic travel picking up across India. The number of passengers in a single day from Hyderabad airport touched around 53 thousand on March 27, which is 109 per cent of pre-Covid daily average domestic traffic.

The airport also recorded the highest number of post-Covid domestic Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) of 374 on the same day.

On March 28, Hyderabad airport also achieved the highest ever international passenger recovery of 89 per cent of pre-Covid daily average passenger traffic.

The airport witnessed about 7 lakh domestic passengers and around 1 lakh, international travellers, during the first half of March'22. Hyderabad is the only airport in the country where all ten domestic airlines fly.

The post-Covid growth in the destinations being connected has been remarkable and in the last few months, it has added 15 new domestic sectors. Hyderabad airport is now connected to over 70 domestic destinations, from the pre Covid period of 55 domestic destinations. The UDAN initiative, which is aimed to bolster the regional connectivity to the travellers to Tier II and Tier III cities has further boosted the connectivity across India.