The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has released Air traffic statistics for the month of December 2023. As per the report; 34,557 passengers used Hubballi Airport in the month of December 2023.
Hubballi Airport registered an increase of 9.88% as far as the number of passengers compared to the last month. 31,447 passengers had used Hubballi Airport in the month of November 2023.
The airport registered 382 flight movements in the month of December-2023. Hubli had handled 445 flights in November-2023. A decrease of 14.15% in flight movements is observed.
The airport handled 17 MT of Cargo in the month of December-2023. Hubballi had handled 16 MT of Cargo during November-2023. A decrease of 6.25% in Cargo load is observed.
During the same month last year (December-2022), Hubballi Airport had handled 550 flight movements and 34,971 passengers. The airport had handled 3 MT of Cargo during the same month.
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IndiGo operates direct flights to Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad. The Delhi and Mumbai sector is operated by 186-seater Airbus A320 aircraft, and IndiGo operates it on all days.
Also, IndiGo has decided to restart Hubballi to Pune direct flight effective from February 2. The airline will operate Hubli to Pune flight 4 days/ week. More details on it here.
Passengers from Hubballi are requesting resumption of the Ahmedabad, Kochi, and Goa sectors and adding a few other potential routes like Jaipur, Kolkata, Jodhpur, etc.