The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has released Air traffic statistics for the month of May-2023. As per the report; 33,509 passengers used Hubballi Airport during the month of May-2023.
Hubballi Airport registered an increase of 6.24% as far as the number of passengers compared to the last month. 31,539 passengers had used Hubballi Airport in the month of April-2023.
The airport registered 572 flight movements in the month of May-2023. Hubballi had handled 568 flights in April-2023. An increase of 1.41% in flight movements is observed.
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The airport handled 4 MT of Cargo in the month of May-2023. Hubballi had handled 5 MT of Cargo during April-2023. A decrease of 20% is observed as far as Cargo load is concerned.
During the same month last year (May-2022), Hubballi Airport had handled 479 flight movements and 24,628 passengers. The airport had handled 5 MT of Cargo during the same month.
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