by Vinay Bhaskara
June was a mostly positive month for traffic at India's ten busiest airports. As the table below shows, traffic grew at eight airports, while declining at just two. Total traffic at India's ten busiest airports grew around 2% year-over-year to roughly 10.7 million passengers, positive news after some declines in passenger traffic earlier this year. There were no changes in the top ten, either in constitution or in order, though Bangalore moved closer to surpassing Chennai as India's third busiest airport as traffic grew 2.4% against a drop of 1.2% at Chennai. Just outside the top ten, fast growing Srinagar surpassed Goa to become India's 11th busiest airport in June, and will likely surpass Trivandrum by the end of the year (Srinagar trailed Trivandrum by 11,000 passengers in June).
June was a mostly positive month for traffic at India's ten busiest airports. As the table below shows, traffic grew at eight airports, while declining at just two. Total traffic at India's ten busiest airports grew around 2% year-over-year to roughly 10.7 million passengers, positive news after some declines in passenger traffic earlier this year. There were no changes in the top ten, either in constitution or in order, though Bangalore moved closer to surpassing Chennai as India's third busiest airport as traffic grew 2.4% against a drop of 1.2% at Chennai. Just outside the top ten, fast growing Srinagar surpassed Goa to become India's 11th busiest airport in June, and will likely surpass Trivandrum by the end of the year (Srinagar trailed Trivandrum by 11,000 passengers in June).
| Airport | June 2013 | June 2012 | YOY Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL) | 3133135 | 3072780 | 2.0% |
| Mumbai (BOM) | 2573600 | 2494202 | 3.2% |
| Chennai (MAA) | 1077267 | 1090302 | -1.2% |
| Bengaluru (BLR) | 1022158 | 998302 | 2.4% |
| Kolkata (CCU) | 854846 | 890240 | -4.0% |
| Hyderabad (HYD) | 711677 | 702940 | 1.2% |
| Kochi (COK) | 428251 | 382566 | 11.9% |
| Ahmedabad (AMD) | 356558 | 348273 | 2.4% |
| Pune(PNQ) | 297421 | 276496 | 7.6% |
| Trivandrum (TRV) | 243968 | 232024 | 5.1% |
| TOTAL | 10698881 | 10488125 | 2.0% |
The following chart shows traffic India's top ten airports in June 2013 vs. June 2012 (click for a larger view)
