Mangaluru International Airport slips two more notches to reach 31st rank


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, May 26: The international airport here, which had been allotted 29th rank in the year 2019-20, has slipped to No. 31 in the year 2020-21 in the ranking list of 50 top airports with highest passenger traffic in India.

During the year 2019-20, this airport was allotted the 29th ranking in the ranking list of 50 airports in the country with highest passenger traffic. The airport has further slipped to 31st spot this time.

During the year 2020-21, the airport saw a decline of 67.2 percent as far as number of passengers handled. As against 18,76,294 passengers it handled the previous year, only 6,14,845 passengers were handled in 2020-21.

The airport had bagged 18th rank in the year 2013-14. In 2012-13, 2014-15 and 2015-16, it had been ranked 21st. In 2016-17 it was allotted 25th rank followed by No. 23 in 2017-18 and No. 27 the next year.

In the year 2020-21, 1,52,434 international passengers utilised the services of this airport, which was 73.3 percent less as compared to 5,71,226 registered in 2019-20. It is learnt that the ranking has gone down on account of the adverse effects of lockdown and significant reduction in the movement of passengers, resulting in reduced number of flights operated through this airport.

 

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Naresh, Kerala

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Effect of Kannur Airport. People south of Kasaragod prefer to go to Kannur than Mangalore....

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  • Sahil, Mangaluru

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Please let me know which chaddi highly ranked...

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  • Paul dsouza, balakunje

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Why the opposition was quite & not acted strongly...to stop when airport allotted to a Adani a bankrupt company and all knows how many chores he duped public tax money & who supported him.

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  • Clifford, Mangalore

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Ache din to Mangalore Airport under BJP.

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  • Sameer, Riyadh

    Wed, May 26 2021

    @Gurudath, M'lore/Mumbai, "Adani Group won six airport bids despite finance ministry, NITI Aayog’s objections: Indian Express The Department of Economic Affairs had suggested that not more than two airports be given to the same bidder. ---- Jan 15th 2021. Aur kuch? "Earlier, Newsclick had reported on how the Narendra Modi-led government bypassed norms to allow the Adani Group to gain entry into the airport business." Aur kuch? Tum laakh chupao...sachai toh ek na ek din saamne aa hi jayegi.

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  • Gurudath, M'lore/Mumbai

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Population wise Mangalore ranks about 70 or so among Indian cities. Mangalore developed faster and it's airport was ranked 18th a few years ago. Now other cities are developing too. They are more populous. Hence, the traffic there will increase faster. Mangalore is doing well. The decrease in this year's traffic is also due to corona. International traffic is hit more than the domestic one. Believe in Adani. He will develop it better than government. He is paying money to government. He ein through a fair bidding process where everyone had a right to outbid him.

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  • Everest, Kinnigoli

    Wed, May 26 2021

    look at airport roads of kochi.mumbai.blore.this one kenjar forest road.big planes?

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  • JD, Mangaluru

    Wed, May 26 2021

    In terms of population, I believe when they say Mangaluru, they will consider population only within Mangaluru city corporation limits.. they don't consider population of entire district like Puttur, Sullia. Moodabidri etc.... but for other cities like Mysuru, Belagavi etc. they consider population of entire district as district name is same like City HQ i.e. Mysuru district, Belagavi district etc.... we should change district name from DK district to Mangaluru district and then look at big picture... only 2 districts in Karnataka are named differently i.e. DK and UK.... it makes more sense to have district name as Mangaluru district and develop the overall district...

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  • Parbu, Mangalore

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Very soon all Mangalorean famous spots re-named as Adani-Kulla ( ex Pilikula) Adani Parking (ex Kardripark) Adani Port ( ex NMPT), Ambani Stadium ( ex Mangal stadium), Adani Batteri ( ex Sulthan batteriy bla bla blaaaa any way as long as Bhakth's are happy , we are very happy

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  • Sameer, Riyadh

    Wed, May 26 2021

    @ Anonymous, Mangalore...I spoke about India's per capita income comparison to Bangladesh and not GDP Per Capita. "GDP per capita is not the same as average income because Gross domestic product measures how much every individual has contributed to the production. In contrast, per capita income measures the average income of every individual in the country." Are people not traveling due to covid only from Mangalore? Kannur airport became operational in Dec 2018..where as this comparison is from 19-20 & 20-21.

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  • Indian, Bangalore

    Wed, May 26 2021

    It is now a Gujrati airport located in Mangalore!

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  • Sahil, Mangaluru

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Now Gujarat near by me...

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  • Sameer, Riyadh

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Slipping everywhere.... The per capita income of Bangladesh is better than of India now.

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  • Anonymous, Mangalore

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Luxembourg's gdp per capita is 106,000usd and USA's is 63,000 usd. This does not mean US is inferior to luxembourg. Bangladesh growth is fueled by textile production(growth will stagnate after a while), India's growth is fueled by Manufacturing and IT. And its foolish to compare the dip in airport traffic to this, are people travelling during covid? A lot of mangalore traffic is international, is international travel open now? Mangalore's traffic also reduced after kannur Airport became operational.

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  • Pree, Bangalore

    Wed, May 26 2021

    I agree with the comment. Not just Bangladesh but others such as Srilanka, Maldives and Bhutan are not just ahead in terms of per capita but even on infrastructure. It was nice to visit these countries and see for yourself development in real sense.

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  • Evans C Sumitra, Udupi/New York, USA.

    Wed, May 26 2021

    This is not good news. Something wrong somewhere with Mangalore International Airport by slipping two more notches.

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Wed, May 26 2021

    @ Thomu, Udupi Your comment reflects your background No doubt at all. Pullya kande boni malthar !

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  • satish, Shirva

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Sher jab do kadam piche leta hai...to jhapatne ke liye...na hi darr ke...samjhe na.. Modi hai tho mumkin hai.

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  • Valerian DSouza, Udupi/ Mumbai

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Seems effects of giving it to Adanis. Betterment purpose is not only defeated but has become completely counter productive. Covid situation can't be the reason, for Covid should affect other airports as well. Sad, may be intentions of giving to Adanis are not sincere, all steps taken are going against us ! For divine blessings our intentions matter more than what we say or do.

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  • AM, Mangalore

    Wed, May 26 2021

    May be Mangalore airport alloted on lease to Adani, we dont want his name on the airport board. Let him operate with his paper work. This airport build from tax payers money. Please remove his name from the banner. Request

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  • Bs, Mangalore

    Wed, May 26 2021

    The main reason being Corona induced lock down from last 1 year. Also Kannur airport operating. Lot of kasargod. Payyanur people were using this airport. Now using kannur airport. Nothing to do with BJP or congress. People do not have money.

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Credit goes to Adani

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  • Rocky, Mangalore

    Wed, May 26 2021

    This is cz of bjpeee till 2012-13 it was in 17th then bjpee come in power now that too itz adani's property we Mangalore people are fools... Still behind bjpee tomorrow they will sell your own property to adani or Ambani

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  • Amit, Mangalore

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Year, 2024 it would be in the Rank of "Half Century " like "Half Chaddi " because now a days in mangalore many are wearing Chaddi outclassing the "Komana"(langoti)

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  • Vicky, Shastri Circle/Kundapura

    Wed, May 26 2021

    By wearing either chaddi or langoti population of the world manifold.

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  • Thomu, Udupi

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Your comment reflects your background

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  • Vicky, Shastri Circle/Kundapura

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Its due to more of people smuggling gold/drugs/zaafran/currencies spoiled name of the airport..a reason behind.

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  • Mangalorean, Mangaluru

    Wed, May 26 2021

    Wonder which school you studied from. The classic factors taken into consideration are customer service, security waiting time, cleanliness, traffic and quite a few other things. The more the smugglers are caught the better it is for the airport,it shows the efficiency of the security. Don't try to be another Diaper Surya trying to communalise everything and blaming Nehru for everything. If the adminstration is inefficient then agree to it and learn to get better than just keep blaming and crying

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