Prayagraj, Feb. 11 -- Influx of pilgrims for Mahakumbh-2025 is helping set new records of air travel in Sangam city. On February 10, Prayagraj airport set a record of maximum movement of aircraft along with maximum number of passengers travelling by air.

In a single day, 13,915 passengers travelled by air on board 80 aircraft. This included 129 passengers who travelled by air aboard 32 charter planes as well.

On Monday, many VIPs arrived in Prayagraj besides President Droupadi Murmu. On this day, 40 scheduled aircraft arrived and 40 took off for other cities from Prayagraj. Similarly, 64 VIPs arrived by 16 charter planes while 64 VIPs took off for other cities by 16 charter planes during the day.

As for the scheduled flights, IndiGo op...