Delhi airport passenger traffic between April-

October highest ever: GMR

In October, the Indira Gandhi International Airport handled the highest monthly traffic yet in FY24
at 6.08 million

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BS Web Team New Delhi
3 min read Last Updated : Nov 17 2023 | 1:39 PM IST
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The passenger traffic at the Delhi airport between April and October this year was the highest
ever as compared to the same period in previous years. At 41.7 million, it was 17 per cent
higher than the traffic in the first seven months of 2023-24 (FY24), monthly traffic data
released by GMR Airports Infrastructure Ltd released on Friday showed.
In October, the airport handled the highest monthly traffic yet in FY24 at 6.08 million. It was
11 per cent higher than in October 2022 and 5 per cent higher than in September this year. In
FY23, the total passenger traffic at the Delhi airport stood at 65.3 million.

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The airport, named Indira Gandhi International Airport, is operated by Delhi International
Airport Limited (DIAL). It is a consortium between the GMR Group, which controls a 64 per
cent stake, followed by 26 per cent by the Airports Authority of India and 10 per cent by
Fraport and Eraman Malaysia each.

The data also revealed that the aircraft movements at the Delhi airport rose 5 per cent in the
first seven months of 2023 to 248,348 as compared to last year. In October, it was up 5 per
cent year-on-year (YoY) to 36,643.
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The Hyderabad airport, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, which is also run majorly by the
GMR Group, also recorded the highest ever year-to-date passenger traffic. As of October 31,
the total passenger traffic at the airport stood at 14.2 million, 23 per cent higher than last year.

The Hyderabad airport also handled the highest monthly traffic of FY24 at 2.1 million in
October. It was 14 per cent higher than October 2022. Moreover, it was 6 per cent more than
the passenger traffic in September.

The GMR Group also operates Manohar International Airport, Goa. At that airport, the total
passenger traffic in October was 339,395, 4 per cent higher than in September.