Bengaluru Airport sees strong growth in passenger traffic, no passengers at Bidar Airport
Bengaluru: The Kempegowda International Airport continued to witness strong passenger growth, with 1.02 crore passengers from April to June of this financial year, meaning overall passenger traffic has increased by 7.2 percent over the same period of the last fiscal year, according to the Air Traffic Report of the Airports Authority of India. Growth has largely come from international passengers, which grew by 20.3% this quarter.
The passenger figure across India was 99.54 million for the first quarter of this fiscal, which is a 7.1 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023-24.
While the Kempegowda International Airport recorded 95, 78,000 passengers in the first quarter, April-June saw an increase with 1, 02, 71,423 passengers, which includes 13,43,412 international passengers and 89,28,011 domestic flyers. Up till June the passenger traffic grew by 9.1% with 33, 21,878 travelers as compared to 30, 45,866 last year and domestic flyers witnessed a growth of 5.5%.
Belagavi airport, too, is on the rise with 93,087 passengers this quarter, 45.9 per cent more than the corresponding period last year. Mangaluru airport recorded 5,53,883 passengers against 4,62,590, a growth of 19.7 per cent.
Few airports like Mysuru recorded a decline in passanger count by 45.3% with with 23,475 flyers against 42,936 last year, Hubbali airport witnessed decrease of 25.5 per cent with 71,418 passengers against 95,809 last year and HAL airport dropped 28.4% to 3,653 passengers from 5,102. While Kalaburagi Airport recorded a 27.6% decline in the number of passenger, which is 10,713 from 14,802, the Bidar aiport saw no passenger this quarter, as against 5,396 the same period last year, with Star Air withdrawing its Bidar-Bengaluru operations.
The state's newest Shivamogga airport which was inaugurated in August 2023, recorded an increase in flyers with 21,326 passengers in its first quarter which went up to 6,227 passengers in June, which is a sign of gaining traction in the number of flyers.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
