Air passenger traffic at five airports in Madhya Pradesh go up 23%; deck cleared for international flights at Indore Airport
FirstpostA total of 42,83 people travelled from five airports—Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Khajuraho and Gwalior—during the last financial year Indore: Air passenger traffic across five airports in Madhya Pradesh spiked 23 percent to 42.83 lakh in the last fiscal over the financial year ended March 2017-2018 amid rising connectivity with different parts of the country, as per AAI data. According to the AAI data, a total of 42,83 people travelled from five airports—Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Khajuraho and Gwalior—during the last financial year as compared with 32.89 air passengers in 2017-18. The growth was highest at the Indore Airport among the five airports which saw a whopping 74 percent increase in passenger traffic to31.58 lakh during the previous fiscal. The capital city Bhopal’s Raja Bhoj airport saw 8.09 lakh passengers flying in and out of the aerodrome during the period while passenger traffic at Jabalpur’s Damna airport stood at 2.40 lakh in the reporting year, as per data.