Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) saw a 4% summation successful rider postulation successful October. (Image: csmia.adaniairports.com)
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) saw a 4% summation successful rider postulation successful October, with 4.42 cardinal passengers travelling done the airdrome compared to 4.25 cardinal for the aforesaid period successful 2023. The maturation was driven peculiarly by a emergence successful planetary rider numbers during the festive season.
Data released for the period of October shows that home rider numbers roseate slightly, reaching 3.16 cardinal this twelvemonth from 3.11 cardinal successful October 2023. International traffic, however, saw a much notable rise, increasing from 1.14 cardinal passengers successful October 2023 to 1.25 cardinal successful the aforesaid play successful 2024.
Air postulation movements (ATMs) reflected mixed trends, with home ATMs declining from 21,349 successful 2023 to 19,848 successful 2024, portion planetary ATMs accrued to 7,222 from 7,110 the erstwhile year.
The busiest time successful October 2024 was connected the 26th, erstwhile CSMIA handled 939 flights and 1,58,667 passengers. In 2023, the busiest time was October 2nd, with a grounds 148,014 passengers.
Delhi, Bangalore, and Goa remained the apical home destinations for passengers, similar past year. The Mumbai-Delhi way continued to spot beardown demand, with 0.58 cardinal passengers successful October 2024, up from 0.55 cardinal successful 2023, which itself had seen a 22% maturation compared to October 2022.
On the planetary front, Dubai, London, and Abu Dhabi held their positions arsenic the astir travelled destinations. The Middle East remained a ascendant portion for planetary traffic, accounting for 51% of the full planetary stock successful 2024. Asia contributed 23%, followed by Europe astatine 17%. London continued its upward inclination successful rider preference, boosted by Virgin Atlantic’s summation of a 2nd regular formation successful October 2024.
Enhanced connectivity besides played a pivotal relation successful driving planetary growth. In October 2024, Nok Air launched flights to Don Mueang, Thailand, portion Virgin Atlantic accrued its operations to London. In comparison, 2023 saw the instauration of Uganda Airlines’ Mumbai-Entebbe route, the resumption of Air Canada’s Mumbai-London-Toronto service, and SpiceJet’s reintroduction of its Bangkok route.