Accordingly, in September this year, the cargo handled, the number of flights arriving and departing, and the number of passengers have all increased.
In September this year, 108 international flights arrived and departed through the Coimbatore airport. In September of the previous year, the figure was 40.
In September this year, 16,474 international passengers arrived and went through the Coimbatore airport. Last year in September, the number of passengers was only 4,658.
In the first half of this year, 94,706 international air passengers arrived and departed through Coimbatore. Last year, international travelers were only 14,631.
In September this year, 2,05,965 domestic passengers traveled to other cities of the country via Coimbatore. The figure was 1,09,663 in the previous year. In the first half of this year, 11,75,150 domestic passengers passed through the Coimbatore airport. During the same period last year, the number of domestic passengers passing through Coimbatore was 4,03,119.
Inventory also increases
From Coimbatore in September this year, 857 metric tons of cargo has been airlifted to foreign countries. In the previous year, cargo traffic in September was 760 tonnes. In the first half of April to September this year, there was 4,842 metric tonnes of cargo traffic.
In the same half of the previous year, 3363 MT of cargo was handled. The number of passengers coming and going through Coimbatore airport has increased by 94.6 percent in September this year. Freight traffic increased by 12.8 percent.
Officials said that these statistics show that the corona epidemic has ended and normalcy has returned to the world.