Nagpur: The open air policy of the government has helped achieve higher growth in the aviation sector and the country is going to be the second largest air traffic market in the world, aviation minister Ajit Singh said today.
Stating that the domestic carriers flew close to 162 million passengers in 2011-12, up from 143 million in 2010-11, he called for more investments in the aviation infra sector, especially from private sector and hinted that the government may hand over the operations and management of the Kolkata and Chennai airports to private parties in a PPP model.
Singh was in the city to unveil a statue of Dr B R Ambedkar at the city's international airport named after him in the presence of Maharashtra chief minister Prithiviraj Chavan and a host of ministers.
14/04/13 PTI/Times of India
