Single flight operated from Mangaluru International Airport on Tuesday


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jun 2: The lockdown has been casting a serious effect on the operations of flights. Covid19, like other sectors, has also delivered a deadly blow to the air traffic sector. On Tuesday June 1, Mangaluru airport witnessed the operation of a single passenger aircraft.

In normal course, 22 flights are operated through the international airport here including international flights. Even in the face of lockdown, the airport here usually sees a minimum of five to six flights taking off. But on Tuesday, only one flight, bound for Mumbai, was operated. The other flight to have taken to sky from here was a transport carrier bound for Dubai. The number of air passengers, it is learnt, has dwindled substantially.


Mangaluru International Airport (file photo)

The ministry of civil aviation had directed all the airports in the country to operate only 50 percent of the scheduled flights beginning from June 1. Sources said that as a result, only one flight was operated from here.

The other reason is that different states have made it mandatory for the passengers to be in possession of RT-PCR negative reports before stepping into the airports. Many of the passengers usually travel for business. With the business touching the nadir, automatically the number of travellers has plummeted. For about a week now, two to three flights were being operated from here to different destinations, but on Tuesday, only one flight was operated, sources said.

Seats for flights to Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi and other cities can be booked from here as per online booking information. But the chances of the flights getting cancelled at the last minute for want of enough passengers are more. There is hope of the flights might pick up after a week, as the Covid19 cases are gradually coming down now.

After the airport here was entrusted to Adani group, it was expected that the concern might take aggressive steps to attract more passengers but nothing of this kind has happened so far. The airport here slipped down by two slots in the list of airports with busy passenger traffic. Even though some argue that this has happened because of Covid 19 infection, many point out that other cities too are affected the same way. In comparison, neighbouring Kannur airport in Kerala has been showing good performance. In the social media, discussions are often witnessed about the current state of Mangaluru airport.

 

 

 

 

 

  

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  • laya, Hyderabad

    Fri, Jun 18 2021

    Thank you for sharing useful information about the Iata airport operations course

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  • Prabhudeva, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    Is Adani is related to Advani by any chance?

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  • Niranjan, Hiraidka

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    Yes...all are belonged to Sanatana Dharam so called Bharatvarsha which is earlier spreaded from Central Asean countries like Kazakastan, Kyrigistan, Turkemeinstan, Kajikiatan to Persian Gulf including Saudi Arabia to Iraq/Iran to Afghanistan/Pak to Bhutan to Burma to Ceylon and many more. People from these region are all belonged to Bharatvarsha Continent earlier. For that reason you will find similarities in one and all..is natural.

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  • Raghu, Meh

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    Niranjan, why stop there? Why don't you stretch the boundaries a little farther to the west and east, and claim the entire planet?

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  • rolf, Dubai

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    Dear Niranjan. Kailasa is new state please include.

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  • sudhir kumar, kulshekar

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    If finger counting flights arrives to Mangalore Airport, may be soon Adani will pack his empire from Mangalore airport permanently...........

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  • Niranjan, Hiraidka

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    Per hour Adani accumulating Rs.70 crores to his wealth. Whole of your villagers cannot do it in ten janams.

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  • Carlton Saldanha, Shirva/New York

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    Do not understand the link between Adani and drop in passenger traveling.

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  • Joe, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    A million dollar question there is no relation, most of these people fly to Bombay and then catch a bus and go to their respectively villages, others are keralites masquerading as mangalorians.

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  • Praveen, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    For the arrival passengers, to get into vehicle at the parking lot which is one floor below there is only ONE (1) elevator in the airport. This is really pathetic situation especially when there are flight full passengers coming into Mangalore or arrivals of other domestic or international flight at the same times which is chaos.

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

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    Praveen, Mangalore, Your comments make sense and I fully agree with them.

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  • Mangalorean, Mangaluru

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    Sooner or later this airport will become just like our old airport, useless and unused. Most Mangaloreans anyways are taking taxis to kannur and flying from there as tariffs are cheaper, facilities are better and unwanted hassles are less. Who knows,this could be a Joint venture between Adani and Kannur airport to kill the traffic here and give them more flyers.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Nallasopara

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    Adani must be the only worried Man ...

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  • Niranjan, Hiraidka

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    He much happier with coal mine in Australia. Gold digging..

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    For Adani it's nothing, he is also a FAKIR admi. He may close here and will shieft to Lakshadweep, where central Government wants to enter.

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  • Manohar, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    It seems that in coming days mangaluru Airport going to close, same like Jet airways. Achche din for mangalore. Modi hai tho mumkin hai.

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  • Mahendra Bhandari, Udupí

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    Mr. Manohar, you are right Sir. Modi is responsible for air traffic in Mangalore airport. Also heard there is water scarcity in some apartments near Bajpe and lot of stary dogs are barking at night. Police bandobast in Kudla at night is irregular these days. We the people of India have given him 303 seats to fix all these issues. The PM should take moral responsibility and resign.

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  • Roshan Rodrigues, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 02 2021

    ವ ಗಲಿಗೆಡ್ ಅದಾನಿ ಕೈ ಪಾಡಿಯೆನಾ ಕುಡ್ಲದ ಏರ್ಪೋರ್ಟ್ ಗ್ ಏರ್ಪೋರ್ಟ್ ಬಂಧ್ ಆವಾ ಎಂಚ ?

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