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COVID-19 impact: Mumbai airport sees marginal drop in flyers on Day 2
Updated On: 27 May, 2020 07:18 AM IST | Mumbai | Gaurav Sarkar
MIAL operates 44 flights to 13 sectors, including 3 that were cancelled earlier

Passengers at Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Andheri, on Tuesday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
As Mumbai continues to be under a firm grip of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the airport authorities on Tuesday stayed vigilant and operated a limited number of flights in and out of the city a day after resuming domestic services. Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) in a statement stated that on Day 2, 44 flights, including 22 departures and 22 arrivals, operated from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. The state had allowed 25 departures and 25 arrivals daily. The airport authorities had earlier cancelled three flights, but they operated later in the day.
The number of passengers at the airport also saw a slight drop, as compared to Day 1. Six airlines catered to 4,224 passengers, including 3,114 at departures and 1,110 at arrivals, on 13 sectors. On Monday, 4,852 passengers were flown in and out of the city on 47 flights. The Mumbai-Delhi route saw the highest passenger load on Tuesday. The first flight departed to Ranchi at 6.30 am and the first flight arrived at 8.20 am from Lucknow. Both were operated by IndiGo airlines.
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