Guwahati: The Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport of Guwahati bagged the rank of being the tenth busiest airports in India in terms of domestic passenger movements in the airports.
This number is for the month of November 2022.
The passenger volume at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport has increased to 16000 passengers per day.
The outpouring in travel demand has been mainly driven by domestic passenger movement and chartered services operations.
This flow in increasing with the onset of winter season.
During the month of November 2022, the airport handled a total of 4,57,858 domestic passengers thus registering a growth of 10% for the same month in the previous year. The airport reached the 10th position in the month of November 2022, from the 11th as ranked during the pre-pandemic time.
This increase has also caused a major surge in the demand for facilities at the largest airport in the northeastern region of the country.
It led to many problems for the passengers, following which the authorities were forced to issue an advisory. It is now asking travellers to reach airport three hours before the scheduled departure.
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