These foreign cigarettes are typically smuggled from Myanmar, entering India through various routes before being distributed across Guwahati and other parts of the country.
The cargo terminal is currently 550 square meters in area and a new plan is being initiated to build an international cargo terminal building in a very near future.
The airport witnessed nearly 3839 movements of flights in August 2023, which is 14% higher than the August 2022 figure. A passenger-centric approach has led to this growth.
Last month, a Dibrugarh-bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Guwahati’s Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International after the pilot of the plane announced snag in engine of the aircraft.
The Adani Group-controlled facility said in a statement that out of the total 28 lakh footfall, nearly 14 lakh were departure passengers and the remaining were arrival travelers.
The Indigo flight no 6E 2652 was coming from Chennai to Dibrugarh carrying 184 passengers including Union Minister Rameshwar Teli, two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs Prashant Pukan & Terash Gowla