Bhubaneswar, Feb. 5 -- The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA), one of the fastest growing airports in the country, is set to achieve a whopping four million annual passenger traffic mark in the fiscal year 2018-19, a top airport official said.

The airport is expected to witness a 24 per cent growth in passenger traffic in the current financial year, he said.

Speaking exclusively to Odisha Sun Times, BPIA Director Suresh Chandra Hota said: "While the airport registered over 3.23 million passengers in 2017-2018, we have set a target of 4 million passengers for 2018-19 fiscal."

In 2017-18 fiscal, a total of 32, 37, 956 lakh passengers travelled through the airport and, out of this, 31, 58, 916 lakh were domestic and 91, 979 were in...