Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Fortifying India’s airport infrastructure

The demand for air travel in the coming years is expected to grow multifold in a growing economy like India. But experts have raised concerns over the possibility of widening the gap between the acceleration in demand and the expansion of airport infrastructure.

A report by aviation consultancy group CAPA in 2018 estimated that India’s airports would “exceed structural capacity by 2022.”

Jayant Sinha, minister of state, civil aviation, has been working towards improving airport capacity by reviving defunct airports and thereby boosting regional connectivity under the much-lauded UDAN scheme. He has earlier been quoted as saying that India will require 150-200 airports by 2035.

Speaking at the Global Aviation Summit in Mumbai on Tuesday, representatives of the airport industry said that while India has come a long way, a lot more needs to be done to keep up with rising demand.

“The airport infrastructure is, of course, challenged at this time, especially in Delhi and Mumbai. We have huge challenges in terms of parking spots and slots,” said Ajay Singh, CMD, SpiceJet. He then continued, “But one of the things this has done is it has spread aviation throughout the country. As we get new aircraft, we’re being challenged to find new destinations to fly to and new airports to park at.”
16/01/19 Jui Mukherjee/Fortune India
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