Mumbai: Greater efforts urgently need to be put into developing India’s airport infrastructure sector to cater for the projected growth of the country’s aviation industry, according to analysts.
The Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, this month inaugurated a much-delayed glitzy new 55 billion rupees (Dh 3.27bn) terminal at Mumbai’s international airport. Terminal 2 is expected to open to passengers next month, but experts predict that the financial capital’s airport could be saturated within just a few years. The problem reflects challenges across the country with the development of airport infrastructure.
“The government needs to get public and private investment together to submit plans and build new airports with minimal corruptive influence and cater to the airlines that want to serve India,” says Saj Ahmad, the chief analyst at StrategicAero Research. “With Indigo, SpiceJet, Etihad, Emirates, flydubai, Jet Airways, Singapore Airlines [SIA] and others all wanting to expand their presence, they are reined in by the lack of airports that they can fly to.”
18/01/14 Rebecca Bundhun/The National
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The Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, this month inaugurated a much-delayed glitzy new 55 billion rupees (Dh 3.27bn) terminal at Mumbai’s international airport. Terminal 2 is expected to open to passengers next month, but experts predict that the financial capital’s airport could be saturated within just a few years. The problem reflects challenges across the country with the development of airport infrastructure.
“The government needs to get public and private investment together to submit plans and build new airports with minimal corruptive influence and cater to the airlines that want to serve India,” says Saj Ahmad, the chief analyst at StrategicAero Research. “With Indigo, SpiceJet, Etihad, Emirates, flydubai, Jet Airways, Singapore Airlines [SIA] and others all wanting to expand their presence, they are reined in by the lack of airports that they can fly to.”
18/01/14 Rebecca Bundhun/The National
