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Jaysit · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346

DEL has passed the 40 million pax mark for the 11 months ending November 30, 2015, at 41,578,677, and hit 45,231,723 pax for the 12 month period December 2014-November 2015. Based on growth projections it may well hit close to 46 million for the 2015 calendar year. This may vault DEL into the top 25 busiest airports in the world past MAD, and US hubs like IAH and MIA.

Comparative numbers for BOM are 36,777,285 (Jan-Nov, 2015), 40189793 (Dec. 2014-Nov. 2015) and projected to hit nearly 41 million for calendar year 2015.

This is the first time both airports will pass the 40 million mark. For calendar year 2014, DEL and BOM were just shy of 40 and 35 million pax respectively.

This would amount to annual growth rates of close to 17% for BOM and 15% for DEL.

Caliguy · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 7:34 pm Post subject:

So in BOM where is the growth coming from - domestic / international or both. If international is growing, are Indian carriers finally seeing an increase in international pax flow?

Jaysit · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346

iah87 · Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 2566

BOM is already congested due to the location, frequent weather disruptions and its inability to expand. I think it is high time that the second airport be built.

DEL may be busier, but it appears that it can handle the traffic, except for the foggy early mornings in winter.

Jaysit · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346

The 2015 numbers are in.

DEL was just shy of 46 million pax with 45,981,773 of which 13.9 million were international pax. This may vault DEL to the list of 25 busiest airports for 2015.

BOM surpassed 40 million pax - 40,637,377 of which 12.7 million were international.

%Growth Over 2014
............................Overall.........International.............. Domestic

BOM ................... 16.1 ................... 4.6 ................... 21.5
DEL ................... 15.7 . ...................3.9 ................... 21.6

BOM and DEL showed sluggish international growth. However, BLR & HYD showed growth of nearly 16% over 2014, and COK and AMD were about 25%.

Clearly, the Gulf carriers are eating everyone's lunch.

Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

Delhi domestic growth seems less given Vistara establishing its hub and Air Asia India starting flights as well

Karan

AKLDELNonstop · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1066 Location: Auckland

Interesting growth in both airports.

DEL T3 definitely doesn't look particularly busy whenever I flew through it (both domestic and international). In fact, the terminal feels vast and dead. Either the terminal was overbuilt, or too many LCCs are being crammed into the older terminals (which I haven't stepped into since 2008). Is there a plan to shift the LCCs into T3?

BOM T2 on the other hand is the most beautiful terminal I've ever stepped foot in.
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Jaysit · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346

DEL is growing by leaps and bounds.

March 2016 saw the highest number of pax fly through DEL in both international and domestic categories - 1,319,428 international, and 3,270,267 domestic for a total historical high of 4,589,695. Domestic growth over the same period last year was 30%, while international growth was more modest at about 5%.

Akshay · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 315 Location: Mumbai

http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/mumbai-s-international-airport-four-times-more-crowded-than-others/story-vxgo6gii2AbmG3kqxXb8nM.html

The Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport squeezes in more passengers per acre than any other major airport in the world. According to figures released by the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) on Tuesday, about 34,000 passengers jostle for space in an acre at the international airport.
Comparatively, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, India’s busiest airport, caters to 8,980 passengers per acre. The passenger per acre (ppa) at other airports is significantly less than Mumbai. For instance, the ppa at the Bangalore International Airport is 4,528, while the ppa at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, is 2,197. Besides, the ppa of Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, is 5,238, while that of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, is 3,566.
The city’s international airport recently joined the league of big world airports that handle more than 40 million passengers a year. Earlier, IGI was the only Indian airport on the list.
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Caliguy · Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 6:47 pm Post subject:

So this seems strange to me. I have never felt that the BOM airport was packed. Agreed I have only flow out of the new international terminal and domestic on AI when they were in their old domestic terminal. LGA, now that's packed.

Btw I think Indian airports would be even better if they made the lines for security, immigration easier to manage. Having six people check your boarding pass is also a joke. Rather have a gate with an electronic reader (like LHR does).

GF1011 · Member Joined: 02 Jan 2015 Posts: 87