Surat: As the airlines are not getting enough facilities at the Surat Airport, the leading airlines are reducing the number of flights. The effect of which is being seen in the passenger growth of the Surat Airport. In 2019, the highest number of passengers has been recorded over 1.50 lakhs per month. were Compared to this, the number of passengers is decreasing in 2022. With only 12 flights in the winter schedule, the number of passengers has decreased to 93,961 in the month of September. In the month of September, 91,808 domestic and 2153 international passengers were handled from Surkat airport.
In 2019, 26 flights were operating from Surat Airport
However, 101507 passengers were registered from Surat airport in July-2022. This number decreased slightly to 100 243 in August. From January to September 2022, a total of 9,35,525 passengers were handled by Surat Airport. Since March 2022, the number of passengers at Surat Airport has been consistently above one lakh. However, in 2019, 26 flights operated from Surat Airport. At that time, the number of passengers per month stood at 1.5 lakh had reached
Domestic cargo movement from Surat airport increased in September
Compared to July 2022, the cargo movement from Surat airport has slightly increased. The domestic cargo terminal handled 386 tonnes of cargo in July, which increased to 474 tonnes in August and 497 metric tonnes in September. 324 tonnes initially in January, In February-378, March-655, April-530, May-483, June-467, July-386, August-474, September 497 metric tons of domestic cargo was handled. Airlines are reducing the number of flights from Surat due to inadequate facilities. Go Air also suspended the announced flights. Spice Jet and Air India have also reduced flights. Due to issues like aircraft parking, ticket counter, slot issues, terminal building expansion, delays in development works like taxiway, apron etc., the services of the airlines are hampered. Air India has stopped the Delhi-Surat morning flight and Spice Jet Airlines has stopped the Surat-Mumbai flight. Due to this, the 6 am slot has become vacant. The first flight will arrive at 8 am.