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22% rise in passenger traffic in Mangaluru International Airport


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Jan 26, 2016 : Mangaluru International Airport has registered an overall increase of 22 % in passenger traffic  during the current financial year. If the international passenger traffic  has seen a 40% increase, the  domestic  passenger traffic has seen a rise of 15 %.


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The airport wants to achieve a target  of 16 lakh passengers during  the present year. Current ly, MIA stands 12th as far as international passenger traffic  is concerned  next to Delhi,  Mumbai, Chennai, Cochin, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Ahmedabad, Kozhikode and Thiruchirapalli international airports.


With the objective of increasing passengers, the airport also intends to introduce new flights during the current year.