Development of airports: Focus to be on tier-II, -III cities

Bangalore: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will invest Rs 67,500 crore over the next two decades to get 400 airports operational in the country.
“We have about 450 airports and airstrips in the country at present, and we want to mobilise as many as possible over this period of time,” Mr G.S. Bawa, General Manager, public relations for AAI, told Business Line, on the sidelines of the Global Investors' Meet 2012 in Bangalore on Wednesday.
According to him, about 125 airports are with the AAI, while 30-35 are civil enclaves. “The rest are all airstrips which need to be mobilised and made operational by 2030,” he said. The target is a steep increase from the current 84 operational airports in the country, he pointed out.
06/06/12 Anjana Chandramouly/Business Line

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