As the pandemic eases, people are preferring to go on their travel mode. The coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing travel restrictions have seriously affected airports worldwide, and Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport was no different, as its passenger count reduced drastically. Still, the airport now reports that passenger count is slowly increasing. However, KIAL officials stated that the rise in the number of passengers also means that there will be long queues outside the airport.

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The wait time has also raised, as each passenger has to undergo thermal screening and sanitization process before being allowed inside. Prior to the pandemic and the lockdown, the daily passenger count was between 95,000 to 100,000 passengers per day. When travel restrictions were put in place in April and May, the ridership had stopped completely. In the last few months since domestic flights were allowed to function, the daily passenger traffic is only 31.5% of what it used to be before the lockdown. 

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“Over the past six months, traffic has been severely impacted at all airports globally, and BLR Airport isn’t any different. In the pre-COVID-19 period, BLR Airport used to handle approximately 95,000-100,000 passengers daily. Over the past few months, as operations have recommenced and flights have increased, our daily passenger traffic has increased from approximately 10,000 daily passengers to about 30,000 daily passengers,” Kempegowda International Airport said in a statement. It further added, “The queues may seem longer because we have strict protocols to follow.” 

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