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WE SERVED 33.30 MILLION
PAX IN 2018-19
T he passenger traffic at our Airport continues to grow at an
incredible pace. At the end of the Financial Year 2018-19,
a record 33.30 million passengers transited through BLR
Airport, further enhancing our reputation as one of the fastest
growing airports in the world. The new milestone in passenger
numbers, meant a growth of 23.8% growth over the previous
year’s 26.91 million. During the 12-month period, domestic traffic
continued to be the main driver of growth, accounting for 28.82
million passengers, an upswing of 24.8% over last fiscal’s 23.09
million. A total of 4.48 million passengers travelled to
international destinations – a growth of 17.5% over the
corresponding year’s 3.81 million. The year also saw a sharp increase of 11% in cargo throughput,
Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) increased by 21.8% with a total of handling 386,780 MT as against 348,403 in 2017-18. International
240,251 landings and take-offs, compared with 197,330 cargo processed during this period was 242,650 MT, while the
movements last year. The average ATMs per day was 658 with 750 domestic was 144,130 MT. The OTP for the year, a key
being the highest in a single day, on January 11, 2019. The record performance indicator, was at a modest 81%.
single-day high passenger movement was 109,174 reported on
January 20, 2019. AERA REVISES UDF FOR BLR

A NEW GATE FOR PASSENGERS AIRPORT

WITH HAND BAGGAGE The User Development Fee (UDF) has been revised based on an
Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) amendment issued
on April 4, 2019 to its earlier Order No.18/2018-19 - following
Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal’s (TDSAT)
interim relief order on March 14, 2019. This order allows BIAL to
collect revised charges for a limited period of four months.
The order, effective from April 16, 2019, the tariffs for domestic
departures is revised to Rs.306 from Rs.139, and international
departures to Rs.1,226 from Rs.558. The revised charges are
applicable for tickets procured between April 16, 2019 and August
15, 2019 and UDF at BLR Airport will roll back to the earlier rates
after this date. The additional funds collected will only be used to
meet capital expenditure of the expansion projects and will
provide BIAL with required cash flows for implementation of
these projects.

RAGHUNATH SPEAKS ON
DIGITALISATION & ITS IMPACT
Our Airport has always come up with innovative services and
products to ensure a seamless and delightful travel experience BIAL’s CSDO Satyaki Raghunath participated at three major
for its passengers. Our latest offering is the opening of a new conferences – CII Panel on Digitalisation in the Transportation
entry gate (Gate No. 5), exclusively for passengers with a printed Sector (Mumbai), Tech Supply Chain Conference (Bengaluru) &
boarding pass and hand baggage only. This gate will not have Adobe Symposium (Mumbai). With focus on digitalisation and its
access for passenger trolleys and wheelchairs. This promises to transformational impact on aviation, he spoke about the digital
improve throughput and reduce wait time at the security check transformation that helped BLR Airport achieve operational
point. Currently, the number of passengers travelling with only efficiency and enhance customer experience. He also highlighted
hand baggage constitutes 23% of total departure traffic, and the BLR Airport's growth story, including its capacity requirements to
count is surging upwards. meet future demands.

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