VASCO
Ever since the domestic aviation sector was reopened after being stopped for a few months amid the Covid pandemic, the frequency of flights and number of domestic passengers have steadily increased at the Dabolim Airport.
According to a tweet from Dabolim Airport, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has revealed that 2.94 lakh passengers were handled by Dabolim Airport in November, the highest since the domestic flights resumed operations in May.
“The airport has achieved phenomenal growth rate within the past six months. The Covid pandemic had disrupted flight movement at Dabolim Airport since March. However, there has been steady increase in passenger footfall since the last six months.”
“While we handled 14,778 passengers in June, 19,730 passengers were handled in July. The figure rose to 32,954 in August and 76,000 in September.”
“The figure then increased to 1,68,242 in October and finally, we handled 2,94,812 passengers in November. We have handled a total of 6,06,516 passengers at Dabolim Airport since June,” said an airport official.
The highest footfall since resumption of domestic flights at Goa Airport was on December 6.
"On December 6, Dabolim Airport handled 54 arrivals and 54 departures with 6,388 arriving passengers and 7,842 departing passengers. We handled 14,230 footfalls, which is the highest post resumption" state a tweet by Dabolim Airport.
