Mumbai airport traffic reaches 1.1 mn in July

Passenger traffic at the city airport surged 59 per cent sequentially to hit 1.1-million-mark in July, as the airlines deployed higher capacity on domestic routes amid easing travel restrictions, a Mumbai Airport spokesperson said on Monday.

The airport handled a total of 1.1-million passengers including international travellers and over 11,400 flights in the previous month, according to the official.

The country's second busiest airport had seen 6.94 lakh passengers, including 6.33 lakh domestic flyers, in June, as per the Airports Authority of India website.

The gradual opening of offices also led to an increase in the flight capacity and which, in turn, resulted in sequential growth, the spokesperson said.

The weekends saw a majority of passengers travelling to Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, among the domestic sectors and Doha, Newark and Dubai among the international sector, from Mumbai.

"CSMIA has played host to a total of approximately 1.1-million passengers and over 11,400 flights across domestic and international destinations in July.