Mumbai Airport To Handle 8% More Traffic Weekly In Summer Schedule
Weekly flight movements at the Mumbai airport will increase by eight per cent to 6,657 during the summer schedule commencing from 31 March. The summer schedule will run from 31 March to 26 October.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) will witness "951 daily movements, an uptick from approximately 882 in the previous summer schedule of 2023. With over 6,657 movements weekly, there will be an observed rise of over eight per cent in weekly flight operations in 2024 compared to 2023," according to a statement released on Tuesday.
The airport is managed by the Mumbai International Airport (MIAL), overseen by Adani Airport Holdings (AAHL).
IndiGo will lead among the airlines with 1,255 weekly departures, while Air India and Vistara will have 539 and 519 weekly departures, respectively.
"Flights to Delhi will experience a significant increase with 27 additional weekly flights. Other prominent destinations with notable frequency additions include Srinagar with 28 additional weekly flights, Ayodhya with 14 and Kolkata with nine, respectively," the statement noted.
Vistara will operate to Paris five times a week, Akasa Air will fly to Doha four times and Uzbekistan Airways will run services to Tashkent twice a week.
"Vistara will also operate daily flights to Hanoi," it further added.
Recently, the civil aviation ministry implemented restrictions on flight movements at the airport to alleviate congestion.
