Guwahati:
The Gopinath Bordoloi Worldwide Airport in Assam’s Guwahati dealt with round 5.6 million passengers in 2023, a rise of one million in comparison with figures from 2022 when the airport dealt with 4.6 million passengers.
In 2023, the airport run by Adani Airports dealt with round 2.9 million arriving passengers and a pair of.7 million have been departing fliers.
In 2023, the Guwahati airport dealt with over 46,000 plane. Amongst them, about 23,300 arrival and departure flights every. In 2022, the quantity was about 41,000.
”We’re blissful that within the current calendar yr 2023, we’ve exceeded the earlier yr’s passengers quantity by 10 lakh, with a 17 per cent progress, one of many highest within the nation. We’re blissful as a result of we might deal with this quantity in a terminal that has lower than half the passenger dealing with capability. We’re ready eagerly to fee the brand new terminal this yr that has double capability than our present demand. We may have connectivity with Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Bangkok this yr and dealing with a number of extra home and worldwide locations this yr,” mentioned Utpal Baruah, the Chief Airport Officer (CAO), at Adani LGBI Airport.
The airport has witnessed a rise of 5,600 flights when in comparison with 2022.
Final yr, the airport had home connectivity with Jaipur and Bhubaneswar and Bangkok was the one worldwide vacation spot related with the airport.
On Christmas Eve of 2023, a report 19,290 passengers have been dealt with by the airport in a single day.