indore the number of air travellers at devi ahilyabai holkar airport rose to over 27 lakh in financial year 202223 this is around 84 per cent higher than the passenger footfall received at the airport during the 20212022 fiscalduring fiscal 202223 indore airport witnessed 279 lakh air travellers while as many as 23982 flights were operated from the airport according to the information from the indore airport authoritythe jump in number of flight operations from the indore airport and increased movement of air travellers to national and international destinations after covid19 led to a rise in the air passenger footfall said tour and travel operatorsin 20212022 151 lakh passengers were received at the indore airport and the total number of aircraft movement was 16388 according to official datatravel agents federation of india chairman tk jose said air connectivity has improved from the indore airport and is increasing gradually post withdrawal of covid19 restrictions travel to domestic and international locations have gone up and this has led to a jump in air travellers the movement for international destinations from indore through connecting flights has also gone up with the ease in visa norms according to travel agents the ease in visa norms and availability has pushed travel to outbound destinationsjose said indore airport is expected to see a tremendous jump in air travellers with increasing connectivity and number of new flightscurrently around 3840 flights operate from the indore airportamid a rise in air passenger movement the airport is getting a facelift and upgrading facilities to cater to increasing passengers the upgrade work at the indore airport estimated to cost around rs 80 crore will include an advanced air traffic control atc tower fire station and a technical and communication building new features and technologies in the airport will increase the capacity of aircraft handling