Date: September 15, 2026
Operational Performance Summary
Monthly Traffic Data - August 2026
Passenger Traffic:
- Delhi Airport: 6,083,616 passengers (2.7% YoY growth)
- Hyderabad Airport: 2,186,082 passengers (-11.5% YoY decline)
- Mopa (Goa) Airport: 292,546 passengers (-22.8% YoY decline)
- Nagpur Airport: 220,068 passengers (-5.9% YoY decline)
- Bhogapuram Airport: 105,171 passengers (new operations, no YoY comparison)
- Medan (Indonesia): 548,093 passengers (-4.8% YoY decline)
- Cebu (Philippines): 903,322 passengers (-4.1% YoY decline)
- Total (Excluding Cebu): 9,435,576 passengers (0.9% YoY growth)
Aircraft Movements:
- Delhi: 38,861 movements (11.6% YoY growth)
- Hyderabad: 14,583 movements (-14.2% YoY decline)
- Mopa (Goa): 2,227 movements (-20.7% YoY decline)
- Nagpur: 1,969 movements (13.3% YoY growth)
- Bhogapuram: 749 movements (new operations)
- Medan: 4,109 movements (-1.5% YoY decline)
- Cebu: 6,945 movements (-9.9% YoY decline)
- Total (Excluding Cebu): 62,498 movements (6.3% YoY growth)
Year-to-Date FY2027 Performance (April-August 2026)
Cumulative Passenger Traffic:
- Delhi Airport: 32,508,678 passengers (5.5% YoY growth)
- Hyderabad Airport: 11,497,636 passengers (-11.5% YoY decline)
- Mopa (Goa) Airport: 1,733,856 passengers (-11.9% YoY decline)
- Nagpur Airport: 1,240,459 passengers (5.2% YoY growth)
- Bhogapuram Airport: 105,171 passengers (new operations)
- Medan (Indonesia): 2,694,502 passengers (-10.0% YoY decline)
- Cebu (Philippines): 4,698,820 passengers (-1.4% YoY decline)
- Total (Excluding Cebu): 48,972,173 passengers (0.4% YoY growth)
Key Highlights and Operational Updates
Delhi Airport (DEL)
- Achieved highest-ever YTD volumes across all segments: Total passengers (32.5 million), Domestic passengers (23.9 million), International passengers (8.6 million)
- Domestic passenger growth: 7.2% YoY in YTD FY2027
- International passenger growth: 1.0% YoY in YTD FY2027
- Aircraft movements: 195,992 in YTD FY2027 (7.3% YoY growth)
- Cargo handling: ~1.1 lakh Metric Tonnes in August 2026, ~5.2 lakh Metric Tonnes in YTD FY2027 (11.5% YoY growth)
- 4-year Total Passenger CAGR: ~6.6% (International Pax CAGR: ~10.9%)
Hyderabad Airport (HYD)
- Total passengers: 2.2 million in August 2026 (-11.5% YoY)
- YTD passengers: 11.5 million (-11.5% YoY)
- Domestic passengers: 1.7 million in August 2026 (-13.6% YoY)
- International passengers: 0.5 million in August 2026 (-2.6% YoY)
- 4-year Total Passenger CAGR: ~8.7% (International Pax CAGR: ~12.5%)
Regulatory Updates
- AERA issued 4th Control Period Tariff Order for Hyderabad Airport on August 24, 2026 (effective April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2031)
- AERA issued ad-hoc aeronautical charges/tariff order for Bhogapuram International Airport effective from commercial operation date until implementation of regular charges for 1st Control Period (April 1, 2027 to March 31, 2032)
New Airport Operations
- Bhogapuram Airport (Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh) inaugurated on August 1, 2026
- Commercial operations commenced on August 17, 2026
- Reported 105,171 passengers and 749 aircraft movements from August 17-31, 2026
Market Context Notes
- Muted international traffic growth (0.5% YoY) attributed to flight disruptions from West Asian geopolitical instability
- Subdued domestic traffic growth due to airline route rationalization
- Medan airport domestic traffic affected by supply-side constraints with aircraft fleet grounded due to maintenance issues
- Nagpur Airport: GMR assumed operational control effective June 25, 2026
- Cebu Divestment: Completed but company continues as Technical Services Provider until December 2026