GMR Airports Reports 8.4% Rise In Passenger Traffic In April

GMR Airports Ltd. said late Saturday that passenger traffic across its five airports grew 8.4% year-on-year to 10.35 million in April. The increase was driven by a 19% jump at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, which saw 2.65 million passengers. Total aircraft movements at the five airports rose nearly 8% to 63,817, the company said in an exchange filing. For 2024-25, passenger traffic at these airports increased 9% to 120.58 million, while aircraft movements grew 7% to 739,753.

Passenger traffic at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport was up over 6% year-on-year at 6.67 million in April, with an 8% rise to 79.26 million passengers in 2024-25. Among GMR’s top five airports, only Kualanamu International Airport in Indonesia recorded a decline, with passenger traffic down 4% to 648,838 in April and falling nearly 2% to 7.18 million for 2024-25. Aircraft movements at Kualanamu also dropped over 7% to 53,321 for the fiscal year.

Meanwhile, the company’s airport in Cebu, Philippines, saw passenger traffic rise 4% in April and 11% for 2024-25.