June’s aviation traffic at Mumbai airport was 107% higher than before COVID

India’s general aviation sector is a major contributor to the nation’s economic expansion and is seen as a luxury for both commercial and personal use. 

The country’s general aviation industry has expanded as a result of the influx of tourists and expanding HNWIs. Despite these motivating elements, the business aviation industry in India has grown slowly because of difficulties in doing business, problems with tax structures, poor infrastructure, and difficult operating license application procedures. 

In comparison to pre-covid levels in June 2019, Mumbai airport handled 4.2 million passengers in June, and June’s aviation traffic at Mumbai airport was 107% higher than before COVID. At the airport, there were 2.14 million arrivals and 2.04 million departures out of the total number of people seen in June. In June, overall aviation traffic increased 33% year over year.

Domestic air traffic increased 29% to 3.04 million passengers, while international air traffic increased 39% to over 1.15 million passengers on a yearly basis.

With a 36% share, the Middle East continued to be the top destination for international outbound travel, followed by Australasia (22%), Europe (18%), North America (16%), and Africa (8%). 

With 197,206 passengers in June, Dubai was the busiest foreign destination from the airport, followed by London Heathrow and Abu Dhabi. 

The majority of passengers flying out of Mumbai were transported by IndiGo, the largest airline in India, followed by Air India and Emirates. 

In June, there were 6,028 international flights, a 33% increase over the same month last year. An air traffic movement is a flight’s arrival or departure.

Delhi, Bengaluru, and Chennai witnessed the most outbound traffic from Mumbai airport in the domestic sector. The main domestic airlines operating out of Mumbai were IndiGo and Air India and Vistara, both belonging to the Tata Group. Additionally, domestic airline movements increased 7% year over year to 18,642 flights in June.

With 4.3 million passengers in May, the airport has recovered more than 100% from pre-covid levels.