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.)
