Trivandrum: The number of domestic passengers passing through Thiruvananthapuram Airport has doubled in the last six months. As per the figures released by Adani Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd., the airport handled 1.31 lakh passengers in April 2022, up from 60,145 passengers in October last year.
The number of monthly domestic passengers for the last six months are as follows: November, 2021 – 84,048, December – 1,04,771, January 2022 – 67,019, February – 54,096, March – 97,633, and April – 1,31,274.
In the domestic sector, Indigo, Air India, Spice Jet and Vistara Airlines are currently operating services from Thiruvananthapuram to destinations including Kochi, Kannur, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Durgapur and New Delhi. Bangalore is the busiest destination with 35 weekly services. Chennai (22 services weekly), Delhi (20), and Mumbai (15) are the other major destinations. Indigo tops the table with 98 services a week.
The number of international passengers using the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport has also increased to 1.3 lakhs in April.
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