UP: Airport needed to contain flying power

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is lobbying hard for a new international airport at Greater Noida — putting forward among its arguments the increase in passenger load in the National Capital Region (NCR) in the coming years.
Officials believe even the extended Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi will not be able to bear the brunt of air traffic what with operational delays that dog ongoing aviation projects. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has already indicated in a recent report that passenger congestion in the NCR is likely to rise by 20 per cent every year.
The UP government has also prepared a report replete with all facts, figures and future projections on air traffic.
The AAI report says that there will be nearly 1,000 lakh passengers travelling annually through the NCR region by 2017.
The pressure will mount on Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) floated by GMR, the nodal agency that is building the extension to the IGI airport. GMR has estimated a growth of only 8.3 per cent in air traffic in the coming years. On the other hand, the AAI, along with the civil aviation department of Uttar Pradesh, is projecting a Cumulative Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17.4 per cent. It has already been 20 per cent in the last five years.
21/11/07 Siddharth Kalhans/Lucknow Newsline

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