Coimbatore International Airport registers increase in ight, passenger movement
The Coimbatore International Airport has registered an increase in ight and passenger movement in the 2023-24 nancial year that ended on March 31.
As per the data from the Airport Authority of India (AAI), there was 4.8% increase in international aircraft movement in 202324, compared with 202223. The airport witnessed 1,339 ight movements in the last scal as against 1,278 in the previous year.
The domestic ight movement at the airport also increased from 16,364 to 17,057, registering 4.2% increase in the same period.
As per the AAI data, the
The domestic flight movement at the Coimbatore Airport has increased from 16,364 to 17,057.
international passenger movement stood at 2,11,087 last nancial year compared with 1,94,817 the previous year, recording a rise of 8.4%.
Similarly, domestic passenger movement increased from 23,62,446 to 26,93,524 with 14% jump
for the same period.
The overall passenger movement went up from 25,57,263 to 29,04,611, with an increase of 13.6%.
Airport Director S. Senthil Valavan said aircraft and passenger trac had come back to the pre-COVID period, which was a good sign.
Meanwhile, the Kongu Global Forum (KGF), an association of industrial, business and trade leaders from Tamil Nadu’s western districts, has raised various demands with regard to
ight services and infrastructure.
It wanted more domestic ight services to T3 international terminal in Delhi, preferably by Air India; more ights to Chennai and Goa; restoration of international ights to Colombo; direct ights to Dubai; and more ight services to Singapore.
The Forum also sought measures to expedite the land acquisition for airport expansion, for which the Central and State governments should arrive at an amicable solution.