Located on India’s south-west coast, Goa International Airport (also known as Dabolim Airport) is the main airport for the small Indian state of Goa, which between 1510 and 1961 was an enclave of Portugal. In the year ending 31 March 2016 the airport handled almost 5.4 million passengers, ranking it tenth among Indian airports, just behind Pune, which overtook it last year. The previous year Goa had been ranked ninth.
In the last decade passenger numbers have tripled with the airport handling under 1.7 million passengers in 2005/06. Demand fell by 14% in 2008/09 and was virtually unchanged in 2012/13, but annual growth has been greater than 14% in seven of the last 10 years as India’s air travel market has grown rapidly.
While traffic overall grew by 19.1% in the year ending 31 March 2016, domestic traffic was up 21.3% to 4.73 million while international traffic grew by a more modest 5.3% to 646,000. As a result, international traffic represented just 12.0% of the total traffic last year, compared with 13.6% in the previous year.
In each of the first four months of 2016 passenger numbers have been up at least 20% compared with 2015, with the latest figures for April showing a massive 30.5% increase in demand. The airport’s SVID score (Seasonal Variation In Demand) is a “good” 2.97. The airport’s busiest months are between November and March. Goa is a popular tourist destination for both locals and foreigners especially during the winter season.
27/06/16 anna.aero
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
In the last decade passenger numbers have tripled with the airport handling under 1.7 million passengers in 2005/06. Demand fell by 14% in 2008/09 and was virtually unchanged in 2012/13, but annual growth has been greater than 14% in seven of the last 10 years as India’s air travel market has grown rapidly.
While traffic overall grew by 19.1% in the year ending 31 March 2016, domestic traffic was up 21.3% to 4.73 million while international traffic grew by a more modest 5.3% to 646,000. As a result, international traffic represented just 12.0% of the total traffic last year, compared with 13.6% in the previous year.
In each of the first four months of 2016 passenger numbers have been up at least 20% compared with 2015, with the latest figures for April showing a massive 30.5% increase in demand. The airport’s SVID score (Seasonal Variation In Demand) is a “good” 2.97. The airport’s busiest months are between November and March. Goa is a popular tourist destination for both locals and foreigners especially during the winter season.
27/06/16 anna.aero
