48 flights, 5,000 passengers: Passenger load spiked on first day of Navi Mumbai airport |
Mumbai: Navi Mumbai International Airport Ltd (NMIA) on Friday said that the arriving and departing booking passenger load at the new airport spiked substantially on the first day of operations compared to levels seen a day before. The Adani Group-owned Navi Mumbai International Airport, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October this year, commenced commercial flight operations from the facility on December 25.
The airport recorded a marked rise on December 25, the first day of passenger operations, fuelled by heightened traveller interest and start of commercial operations. The overnight spurt in passenger load points to a positive response, Navi Mumbai International Airport Ltd (NMIA) said. On December 24, a day prior to the start of revenue........