Guwahati: The Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, recorded as footfall of nearly 5 Lakhs (4, 92,000 ) passengers in June 2023, witnessing a sharp increase from the corresponding month of the last year.

Out of the total, nearly 295000 were departure passengers and the remaining were arrival travellers which is altogether 15 percent higher than last year June, a press statement said.

The top four national destinations from Guwahati are Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Similarly the two international destinations are Singapore and Paro.

The airport witnessed nearly 4000 movement of flights in June 2023, which is higher than the last year June 2022 figure. The airport also handled a record footfall of nearly 5 Lakhs passengers in May 2023.

The traffic shows that air travel is resurging after the pandemic period, the statement added.

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