Bangalore, Chennai vie for top slot in air passenger traffic

Chennai: The Chennai and Bangalore airports in the southern region are competing with each other for the top slot in passenger traffic and aircraft movement.
During April and May this year, Chennai airport handled 14, 31, 134 passengers, registering an increase of 41 per cent over the previous year, and the Bangalore airport handled 11,90,767 passengers — an increase of 69.9 per cent.
Hyderabad handled 8,71,523 passengers, registering an increase of 62.5 per cent. While the Kochi airport handled 4,11,616 passengers, recording 42 per cent increase, Coimbatore handled 1,48,287 passengers (67.1 per cent) and Karipur at Kozhikode handled 1,93,903 passengers (20.9 per cent).
16/08/06 T.S. Shankar/The Hindu

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