Sri Lanka Airports facilitate over 27,000 passenger movements daily

Sri Lanka Airports (BIA, JIA and MRIA) facilitated 846,173 international passenger movements in January 2024.

The passenger figures in January 2024 at Sri Lanka airports, Katunayake, Jaffna and Mattala, indicates a promising growth of the tourist arrivals as Sri Lanka airports had facilitated 846,173 total passenger arrivals out of which 207,182 tourist arrivals (through all airports BIA, JIA and MRIA).

In January 2022, 82,327 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka and it went up to 102,545 with an increase of 24.5 % for the same period in 2023. With a remarkable growth, in January 2024, 208,253 tourists had arrived in Sri Lanka with a growth of 103% compared to the same period on 2023.

Meanwhile, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) had facilitated 11,801 international tourist arrivals with 102 flight operations (Total passenger movements 23,739). Further, Jaffna International Airport (JIA) had facilitated 3,413 international passenger movements and 271 domestic passenger movements in January 2024.

With the current statistics, BIA facilitated 846,173 international passenger movements in January 2024 with an average of 27,295 passengers a day.