Delhi Airport crosses 50 million passenger mark

Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, the busiest airport in South Asia, has crossed 50 million passenger mark in the last 12 months ending May 2016. The airport which had handled over 48 million passengers in FY2015 is expected to cross 55 million annual passengers milestone in FY2017. In fact going by the growth trend, 55 million figure can even be achieved in CY2016 itself. It had recorded more than 20% MoM passenger growth in eight of the last 12 months and in all five months of 2016 so far.

Vistara celebrates its millionth passenger today

Vistara team welcoming the 1 millionth passenger at Delhi Airport

Vistara, the Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture full service carrier, has crossed the milestone of flying the first million passengers today. The airline started its operation on 9 January 2015 and currently flies 311 weekly flights to a network of 12 destinations with a 9 aircraft fleet. It achieved the millionth flier on the 349th day of its operations, at least 2 weeks before it completes the first year. For a relatively new airline its a great achievement to have 1 million passengers flown. This blogger has already predicted it earlier that Vistara going to  cross the million passenger mark by the end of 2015.