Hyderabad Airport recovers 66% of its domestic traffic in January 2021

RGIA, Hyderabad is the best-connected in south and central India. With a steady increase in the number of passengers and air traffic, Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is leading the revival of the aviation sector in India post the nationwide lockdown last year. Hyderabad Airport Media is a joint venture between the GMR Group & Laqshya Media Group.  

RGIA has shown remarkable growth post the Covid-induced lockdown, which brought the aviation industry to a sudden halt. Domestic passengers recovered to 66% in January 2021 as compared to passengers in January 2020 (in comparison Delhi and Bengaluru recovered 60% of the domestic passengers and Mumbai 51% as per last year’s numbers). Number of domestic passengers has reached 10.54 lakhs in January 2021.

Domestic Air Traffic Recovery was also the fastest for Hyderabad Airport. The number of flights plying to and from Hyderabad airport has also recovered 71.45% - 328 flights per day in January 2021, as compared to 459 flights per day in January 2020. 

RGIA continued to handle evacuation flights operated by various countries for their citizens and for the Vande Bharat Mission and the Air Transport Bubble agreements initiated among various countries. The airport also extended its indigenously developed digital solution of E-boarding services to international flights, becoming the first airport in India to do so.