Airport Authority of India has released Air traffic statistics for the month of January-2023. As per the report; 32,469 passengers used Hubballi Airport during the month of January-2023.
Hubballi Airport registered a decrease of 7.2% as far as the number of passengers compared to the last month. 34,971 passengers had used Hubballi Airport in the month of December-2022.
The airport registered 536 flight movements in the month of January-2023. Hubballi had handled 550 flights in December-2022. A decrease of 2.6% in flight movements is observed.
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The airport handled 5MT of Cargo in the month of January-2023. Hubballi had handled 3MT of Cargo during December-2022. An increase of 66.66% has been observed as far as Cargo is concerned.
During the same month last year (January-2022), Hubballi Airport had handled 451 flight movements and 13,332 passengers. The airport had handled 6 MT of Cargo during the same month.
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Recently, IndiGo has started a direct flight to Delhi and Pune from Hubballi Airport. The Delhi sector is operated by 186-seater Airbus A320 aircraft, and IndiGo operates it on all days.
Passengers from Hubballi are requesting resumption of the Ahmedabad, Kochi, and Goa sectors and adding a few other potential routes like Jaipur, Kolkata, and Jodhpur, etc.