India, Dec. 19 -- The city's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) recorded its highest-ever single-day passenger traffic on November 29, handling 176,000 travellers, as per data from the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), the Adani Group company that operates CSMIA.

According to the data, this record was made despite the airport not logging its highest number of daily flights that day. On November 29, CSMIA handled 1,019 air traffic movements, slightly lower than its all-time high of 1,036 air traffic movements recorded on November 21.

November proved to be a busy month for CSMIA, as its previous single-day passenger record of 170,000, set on January 11 this year was broken three times during the month. Th...