IGI Airport tops world in growth

New Delhi: Delhi accounted for the highest growth in air passenger movement in the world in 2006. Of the 4.4 billion passengers worldwide who travelled in 2006, the under renovation IGI airport at Delhi alone saw a rise of 28.4% in passenger movement over the previous year. This was revealed by a survey conducted by the Airports Council International (ACI).
According to the survey, the Indian civil aviation industry has doubled in the past four years and by 2010, the year of the Commonwealth Games, the figures will double again. Outlining the trend in global aviation, the survey noted that the top six airports in terms of rise in passenger movement were all in India and China. According to projections by DIAL, traffic is likely to grow by another million by the next fiscal to touch 25 million. This is when the IGI's actual capacity is only 12.5 million at present. The capacity is set to increase to about 20 million only by the 2009 fiscal after the current development projects by DIAL are completed.
19/01/08 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jan 2008