GMR Airports Report 8% Rise In Passenger Traffic To 1.06 Crore

Airport operator GMR Airports Ltd.—which operates Delhi, Hyderabad and Goa airports, among others—said it handled more passengers in the ongoing fiscal in one of the fastest-growing aviation markets in the world.

The company handled nearly 1.06 crore passengers across its airports so far in the ongoing financial year, a 7.8% rise over a year ago, it said in an exchange filing. Domestic traffic increased 6.4% over last year, while international traffic rose 12.8% year-on-year, it said.

Passenger traffic, the notification said, has consistently surpassed the 10-million mark every month since December 2023. The Delhi airport handled its highest ever single-day passenger traffic of 0.023 crore passengers on June 16.

Shares of GMR Airports fell over 1.28% to trade at Rs 98.09 apiece on Tuesday, as compared with a 0.11% rise in the NSE Nifty 50.