Delhi Airport emerges as the ninth busiest airport in the world, according to the ACI report

Delhi Airport received more than 5.94 crore passengers In 2022, making it the ninth busiest airport in the world, according to the Airports Council International (ACI) report.

The national capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is run by DIAL.

According to ACI, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is at the top of the list of the top 10 busiest airports in the globe for 2022. (ATL, 93.7 million passengers). Following it are Chicago O'Hare Airport, Denver Airport, and Dallas Fort Worth Airport (DFW, 73.4 million people, DEN, 69.3 million passengers). (ORD, 68.3 million passengers).

"Airports reinstated in the upper ranks also include Dubai Airport achieving 5th rank (DXB, 66.1 million passengers, +127%) and Istanbul Airport reaching 7th position (IST, 64.3 million passengers, +73.8%)," ACI said in a release on Wednesday. "Following in their respective positions are London Heathrow Airport, Delhi Airport, and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport."

According to a second press release from Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), it is the only airport from South and South East Asia to make the top 10 list.

Delhi Airport's rating has improved from 13th in 2021 to 17th in 2019. According to the ACI study, the Delhi airport saw a total footfall of over 5.94 crore passengers in 2022," it said.

The top 10 airports for total passenger traffic, which account for 10% of all traffic worldwide, saw an increase of 51.7% from 2021, equivalent to an 85.9% recovery from their 2019 figures, according to ACI.

Preliminary data, according to ACI, shows that with the resumption of foreign travel, the number of passengers travelling globally in 2022 will be close to 7 billion, up 53.5% from 2021 and a 73.8% improvement over results in 2019.