Busiest Indian airports FY 2024, by number of passengers handled
In the financial year of 2024, Indira Gandhi international airport, serving the national capital region of Delhi, handled more than 73.67million passengers. The aviation industry in the country has grown drastically over the last decade, with the domestic air travel market witnessing the fastest growth worldwide. However, there was a decline of more than 66 percent, in the total number of passengers handled on a year-over-year basis, in the financial year 2021. Low-cost carriers such as Indigo and Jet Airways were the prominent institutions in the domestic sector, but with the suspension of operations by the latter in early 2019, the runway seems set for IndiGo to take off in the market. Jet Airways resumed operation mid of 2022.
The crash
Jet Airways, formerly one of the biggest private airline companies, began facing issues late in the year 2018. Increased pressure from owners and increasing consumer complaints in 2019 did not improve the situation, and after a debt of over a billion U.S. dollars, the company decided to suspend operations. With new credits from private investors, the airlines resumed operation in the mid of 2022.
More runways, less stress
Indira Gandhi international airport was the busiest airport in the south Asian country. The pressure on airport authorities from arrivals and departures is likely to reduce with the promise of up to 30 new airports by the newly re-elected prime minister Narendra Modi. The addition to the already operating 136 airports could be a possible blessing in disguise for the authorities as well as the passengers, who can then have the freedom of landing directly or close to the destination of their choice
