Mumbai: In mid-July that the Maharashtra government allowed passengers who were fully vaccinated to enter the country without a negative RT-PCR test report.
The consequence of relaxation is a 59% leap in passenger traffic in July compared to June.
Mumbai airport handles around 1.1 million (11 lakh) passengers more than 11,400-plus flights above domestic and international destination in July, said Mumbai spokesman International Airport Ltd.
(MIAL).
With a higher domestic flight capacity and the ease of limiting domestic travel, the airport observes a surge in air traffic, especially the increase in passengers traveling on weekends, officially more.
What stands out is data for weekend travelers.
In July, a total of 5 passengers took up or down to Mumbai airport with more than 4,000 flights on weekends.
In June, the airport has handled 3 lakh passengers more than 2,700 passengers.
“The weekend saw the majority of passengers traveling to Delhi, Destinations of Bengaluru and Hyderabad from Mumbai in Doha, Doha, Newark, and Dubai Destinations in the international sector,” said Mial official.
In the past two months, passenger traffic has risen steady after the decline witnessed in March-May due to second covid waves.
Apart from the drop, passenger traffic in the previous quarter was much higher than that in the same quarter last year because domestic flights remained suspended from last week of March to 25 May.
Between April and June last year, Mumbai Airport handled 2.6 lakh passengers; During the same period this year, it handles more than 19 lakh.
The state government of July 15 July has relaxed about RT-PCR reports only for passengers who have taken vaccine doses and 15 days have been abundant since the second dose.
To enter Maharashtra, other passengers must undergo a RT-PCR test with the report valid up to 72 hours.