Cochin airport passenger traffic up 3.74%

Cochin International Airport Ltd has registered a 3.74 per cent growth in passenger traffic in 2012-13, touching the 49-lakh mark against 47.23 lakh the previous year. Of this, international passenger number is 29.34 lakh (25.88 lakh in 2011-12) and domestic passenger figure is 19.66 lakh (21.35 lakh in 2011-12). Though there was an increase of 13.37 per cent in international traffic, the domestic passenger numbers dipped by 7.93 per cent. The major factor that contributed to the fall in numbers was the termination of flight operations of Kingfisher Airlines which had nearly 90 weekly domestic operations. The fluctuating and increasing price in the domestic sector also was a causal factor. All Indian airports experienced similar fall in domestic passengers and flight movements, a press statement issued here said. In the international sector, total flight movements in 2012-13 was 20,286 (18,324) and in the domestic sector 21,252 (22,817), making a total of 41,538 flight movements — a growth of 1 per cent. It is a noticeable factor that even though a 7.9 per cent dip in the domestic passenger was experienced, CIAL registered a positive growth of 3.74 per cent in the passenger figure and one per cent in flight movements, compensating the domestic fall with international operations, a rare occurrence in the aviation industry.
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