Jammu, April 28 -- In the aftermath of the horrific killing of 26 tourists in Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam on April 22, the passenger traffic by air has dropped to roughly 50 per cent at the Srinagar airport.
According to the data shared by the Srinagar airport authorities on their official page on X, "4619 passengers landed in Srinagar via 53 flights on April 26, and only 28 passengers arrived there in three additional flights".
Compared to this, over 53000 passengers headed back (between April 22-26) after the attack, which killed 26 tourists and left 17 others wounded.
Before the Pahalgam massacre, Srinagar airport witnessed an average arrival of 8600 to 9200 passengers between April 17 to April 22. In contrast, 4456 passengers landed ...