Bird-hit incidents at Hyderabad airport lower than in major Indian cities

The data presented in Rajya Sabha, Haydarabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), said in the last five years compared to other major airports in India.

Civil Aviation State Minister Murlidhar Mohol, who answered a question on Monday, said that Haydarabad reported a total of 207 bird strikes between 2020 and June 2025. Annual figures in 2021 in 2021, 33, 29, 2023 in 2023, 48 in 2024, 43 and 1625 in the first half of 1625.

On the other hand, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport reported the highest number with a total of 695 bird strikes in the same period, in 2020 to 183, 185 in 2023, to 185 in 2023, in 2024 to 130 and 41 in the first half of 2025.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj from Mumbai scored 407 birds in 2020, 59 in 2021, 90 in 2022, 88 in 2023, 88 in 2024, 86 in 2024 and 86 in 2024 and 86 in 2024 and 407 birds in 2024 (until June). Bangalore saw a total of 343 birds in 2020, 29 in 2021, 22 in 2021, 84 in 2022, 85 in 2023, 88 in 2024 and 35 (until June) in 2025.

In six years, Ahmedabad reported 337 events, including a height of 86 in 2023. Meanwhile, Calcutta and Chennai saw 193 bird kicks, Pune 145, Bhubaneswar 150 and Trivandrum 125.

The ministry, which discussed concerns about aviation security, said that all airports were compulsory to implement a wildlife danger management plan by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation. This includes measures such as habitat modification, rodent and insect control, and the use of bird detection and distribution systems using both biological and chemical methods.