- Delhi airport has emerged as the ninth busiest airport in the world in 2022 with passenger traffic of more than 5.94 crore, according to Airports Council International (ACI) list.
- DIAL is the operator of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital.
- ACI said the list of top 10 busiest airports in the world for 2022 is topped by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, 93.7 million passengers).
- It is followed by Dallas Fort Worth Airport (DFW, 73.4 million passengers, Denver Airport (DEN, 69.3 million passengers), and Chicago O’Hare Airport (ORD, 68.3 million passengers).
- The IGI Airport was also the only airport from south and southeast Asia to make the top 10 list.
- According to the ACI report, the top 10 airports for total passenger traffic, representing 10% of global traffic, witnessed a gain of 51.7% from 2021.
- The overall passenger traffic at these airports was, however, around 85% in comparison with 2019 figures. “Preliminary figures indicate that with the resumption of international travel, 2022 global passenger traffic reached close to 7 billion, representing an increase of 53.5% from 2021, or a 73.8% recovery from 2019 results,” ACI said in the report.
Top 5 busiest airports in the world:-
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Which was also the busiest airport in 2021 and 2019.)
- Dallas Fort Worth Airport
- Denver Airport
- Chicago Airport
- Dubai Airport
