BANGALORE: Higher airfares, reduction in airline seat capacity, a grounded Kingfisher Airlines (KFA), and low economic sentiments have caused a sharp decline in air passenger traffic in Bangalore.
Data from Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) for the period April-October shows that passenger traffic declined by 7% at 68.6 lakh compared to 73.9 lakh in the same period last year. Domestic passenger traffic at BIA declined by 10% in the period, while international traffic grew by 6%.
An airport spokesperson attributed the drop primarily to the reduction and eventual stoppage of KFA's operations.
Kapil Kaul, CEO, South Asia, CAPA, an aviation consultancy and advisory company, said that KFA's suspen sion coupled with domestic capacity contraction by airlines across India had created a serious gap in BIA's domestic network.
KFA was the largest operator of flights in and out of Bangalore till a year or two. The airline operated between 35 and 40 flights daily out of Bangalore during its peak, but this number had shrunk by over 60% in August this year. KFA seized operations in October.
Data from Airports Authority of India (AAI), which is available only up to August, shows that Bangalore witnessed the highest decline in passenger traffic among major airports in India during April-August this year. The decline was 5.2% compared to the same period last year, while it was 2.8% in Mumbai and 2.6% in Delhi was 2.6%. Kolkata was the only metro city to buck the declining trend; it grew by 6.7%. Domestic traffic in metros, barring Kolkata, witnessed sharp falls. Bangalore posted the biggest fall, at 8.5%, followed by Mumbai at 5.5% and Delhi at 5%.
However, all metros saw a healthy growth in international traffic, with Bangalore reporting the highest growth at 9.7%.
Sidharath Kapur, CFO of GMR Airports, operators of the Delhi and Hyderabad airports, said the drop in domestic traffic was on account of domestic air ticket prices rising by 75% to 100% compared to last year.
AAI data also shows that aircraft movements at BIA in the April-August period fell 11.1%. While domestic aircraft movements were down by 14.4%, international aircraft movements surged by 9.4%, the highest reported across metro cities. Mumbai and Delhi airports reported a drop in international aircraft movements of 3.3% and 1% respectively.
In 2012, three international airlines - Malaysia Airlines, AeroLogic Cargo and Silk Air -- increased their frequencies from BIA. However, no new airlines commenced operations this year at BIA. "The long term view is that Bangalore is a robust market for both domestic and international traffic," Kaul said.
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