Mangaluru Airport to handle 242 weekly Air Traffic Movements in summer schedule from June 1

Mangaluru, March 29, 2023: From March 26, 2023, the Summer (aviation) schedule for India is in full swing, and Mangaluru International Airport is fully prepared to contribute to this schedule.

This is evidenced by the fact that from now until May 31, MIA will manage 234 air traffic movements (ATMs) per week in the earlier part of the schedule, which ends on October 28. In the later part of the schedule, beginning on June 1, MIA will handle 242 ATMs each week.

There are a total of 234 ATMs, out of which 162 will be operated domestically, while the other 72 will be operated internationally. Starting from June 1st, the number of domestic ATMs will increase to 176, and the number of international ATMs will decrease slightly to 66. One of the main highlights of the summer schedule is IndiGo’s new daily early morning flight to Patna via Bengaluru. IndiGo, with 148 ATMs, will operate the majority of the 162 domestic movements up until May 31st.

This scenario will remain unchanged from June 1 where IndiGo will operate 162 out of 176 domestic movements with Air India making up for the remaining 14 with its daily morning flight to Mumbai. Bengaluru will remain the most connected domestic destination with 28 weekly flights (4/day) up to May 31. This number will rise to 35 (5/day) from June 1 with the airline restoring it’s through flight to Kolkata via Bengaluru.

Mumbai (3 flights/day), Hyderabad (2 flights per day), Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata (via Bengaluru) and Patna (via Bengaluru – 1 flight per day) and Ranchi via Pune (four flights per week) are the destinations covered domestically. Air India will be operating solely between MIA and Mumbai on the domestic front. IndiGo which at present is operating daily flight to Dubai will pare it to four flights a week from June 1.

Internationally, Air India Express will cater to bulk of overseas travelers from MIA operating 29 flights in a week up to October 28. These include 14 flights to Dubai (two daily), 4/week to Abu Dhabi, 3/week to Dammam and Muscat, two/week to Doha (direct) and two/week to Bahrain including one via Calicut and the other a direct flight and one flight to Kuwait, for a total of 72 ATMs/week. International ATMs from June 1 will be 66.

The aviation sector regulator – Directorate General of Civil Aviation has cleared operations of 22,907 flights per week from 110 airports in the summer schedule, representing a 4.4% increase from the winter schedule which is in sync with the robust growth in aviation sector, not just domestically, but globally. The summer schedule 2020 had an approved flight roster of 24,409 flights, while the approved flight strength was 22,980 in 2021.