Hyderabad airport is India's 6th highest in International air passenger traffic: AAI

Hyderabad, Feb 3: The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad was the nation’s fifth largest in terms of air passenger traffic during 2019.

According to a report released by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Hyderabad airport came fifth in domestic passengers, while it was sixth in international traffic.

RGIA had a footfall of 21 million passengers, which is 16 per cent over the air passenger traffic recorded in 2018. The airport has an average daily traffic of approximately 60,000 passengers. RGIA operates 25 passenger airlines connecting 71 destinations, including both domestic and international destinations.

The data also showed that the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi topped the list in both domestic and international air traffic, followed by Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, and Chennai in the number of international passengers and Bangalore is in domestic passenger traffic.

USA tops from RGIA

The most visited international destination from Hyderabad Airport is the United States of America, closely followed by Middle East countries, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Thailand also features as a most visited international destination.

Among the most frequented domestic airports from Hyderabad, Delhi tops the list, followed by Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Chennai.

Regarding foreign tourist arrivals in Telangana, the State had witnessed around 3.1 lakh foreign visitors for 2018, while Andhra Pradesh saw 2.8 lakh foreign visitors for the same year. Also, the number of foreign tourist visits in Telangana, has been on a steady rise since 2014. Against the figures of 2017, the number of foreign tourists in Telangana has increased by 21% in 2018.