This year, the Mumbai airport (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) reportedly handled a record-breaking 1,032 flights on Diwali eve. With 1032 flights this year on November 11, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport broke the record of receiving the air traffic movements of 1004 flights on December 9, 2018. To set a new record for a single day for the airport in terms of ATMs (air traffic movements) and flight activity, on the back of high passenger footfall during Diwali, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport recorded 1032 flights on a day before Diwali festival to surpass its previous record of 1004 air traffic movements registered on December 9, 2018. We have poured in more interesting details in the following sections of this article. You should stick with this page and go through it till the end. Drag down the page.
This year, on November 11, 2023, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport set a new record for a single day in terms of flight activity, thanks to Diwali eve for high passenger footfall. As mentioned, the Mumbai airport recorded the single-day highest air traffic movements, it is persistent to fathom that each arrival and departure of a flight at an airport is classified as an air traffic movement.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport issued a statement that reads, “This milestone reflects CSMIA’s capability to handle increased air traffic with precision while maintaining high standards of safety, security, and passenger service,” The Mumbai airport also known as CSMIA handled around 2,894 ATMs including 2,137 domestic flights and 757 international flights, on the Diwali weekend between November 11 and November 13 this year. Speaking of passengers who visited Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport during Diwali weekend, the Mumbai airport handled a total of 5,16,562 passengers during this period. Unfold more details in the next section. Scroll down the page.
Out of 5,16,562 passengers, around 354,541 passengers or 69 percent traveled on domestic routes, whereas the rest 1,62,021 traveled internationally during the same time. A source claimed the Delhi airport, IGI airport recorded 3,450 ATMs and handled around 5,20,000 passengers during the Diwali weekend on the international and domestic front. For the Mumbai airport, Dubai, London, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi topped the charts for international destinations whereas domestic destinations such as Delhi, Chennai, and Bengaluru, emerged as top destinations based on overall passenger movements. In the third quarter of the calendar year 2023, it recorded a 33 percent increase in passenger traffic to 12.7 million from 9.6 million in the corresponding period of the previous year.