The aviation sector in India has taken off. With Air India back to the Tata group, Akasa Air taking off at various routes, Indian airports and skies are busiest at the moment. However, this post is going to be about the rush hours in airports, that usually scares the bejesus out of us. Airport rush is usual at certain times of the day and in this post we will point out all the rush hours, and busiest hours at the biggest airports in India, according to an analysis by OAG Aviation.
The Rush Hour At Airports This September
According to the analysis, in September, the busiest hour will be around 7:55 am in the morning, wherein around 19,923 departures are scheduled in the beginning of the month. MoneyControl mentions that there are around 24 departures daily, and Indigo and SpiceJet companies run maximum of these flights. However, the article also says that as an overview of the scenario of flights and departures, the afternoon timing from 1 pm to 2 pm is the busiest of all.
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Biggest And Busiest Airports In The Country
This is quite obvious, as some of the biggest airports are the busiest in India. Starting from the capital, New Delhi airport is the busiest of all, followed by Mumbai airport, Bengaluru airport and then, Hyderabad airport. These airports have the maximum number of departures from across the country throughout. After Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai airports appear to have a high number of weekly departures. According to the report, Delhi’s departures are mostly in the mornings with over 200 flights scheduled to leave at that time. The peak timings for Delhi come early morning and early evening. On the other hand, Mumbai has three peak timings, early morning between 6 am – 7am, 11am – 12 pm & finally the busiest hour would be in the early evening time – 6pm – 7pm. The above air traffic interpretation is without including the international flights.
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