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CIAL – Winter Flight Movements Rise 14.4%, Strengthening International & Domestic Connectivity

23 Sept 2026

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Key Takeaways

  • The 14.4% increase in scheduled movements strengthens CIAL’s growth and connectivity outlook, particularly across the Gulf and Southeast Asia. The key monitorables will be passenger growth, aircraft utilisation and the conversion of higher flight capacity into revenue and profitability.

  • The 14.4% increase in scheduled movements strengthens CIAL’s growth and connectivity outlook, particularly across the Gulf and Southeast Asia. The key monitorables will be passenger growth, aircraft utilisation and the conversion of higher flight capacity into revenue and profitability.

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Expert Analysis

Expert Analysis:

  • CIAL’s Winter Schedule 2026 will see 1,766 weekly flight movements, up 14.4% from 1,544 in the Summer Schedule, translating to around 252 scheduled movements per day.

  • International connectivity is expanding, including four weekly Air India Express services to Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, while IndiGo adds daily Fujairah flights and Akasa Air begins daily services to Dubai, Dammam and Kuwait.

  • CIAL will connect to 32 destinations across 13 domestic and 19 international markets, with the Gulf network covering 13 destinations and accounting for 327 weekly arrivals.

  • The higher flight schedule could support passenger traffic, aeronautical revenue and non-aeronautical opportunities across parking, retail, food & beverage and airport services, subject to actual passenger utilisation and airline capacity deployment.

Publisher:The Hindu