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Indian Civil Aviation

Comes of Age

Indian carriers are benefiting from forward looking Government

policies that have boosted aviation growth in the country

By Atul Chandra

ndia’s civil aviation market, remains a highly under-pen- of this vision, we have doubled
which has historically lagged etrated civil aviation market number of airports in the country
I behind its peers in the despite being the 7th largest in the last 9 years, increasing
region, is now in a high-growth civil aviation market in the world. from 74 in 2014 to 149 now,”
phase which could change the The Indian civil aviation market India’s Union Minister of Civil
dynamics of commercial aviation is India is expected to grow to Aviation and Steel, Jyotiraditya
in the region. India’s steady eco- 300 million domestic passen- M. Scindia said at the ‘Wings
nomic growth and quick recovery gers by 2030 with the promise India 24’ airshow held in
from the COVID-19 pandemic and potential of India’s aviation Hyderabad. ‘We are also work-
has driven robust growth in industry being unlocked over the ing on capacity enhancement
air-traffic, with domestic passen- course of the last decade, with at our metro airports where our
ger travel slated to cross 150 more supportive Government overall capacity is slated to rise
million in 2023. Indian carriers policies. from 221 Million Passengers Per
on an average carry 450,000 Annum (MPPA) currently to over
passengers daily, with a high of “We are not only focusing on 468 MPPA in the next decade or
467,000 being attained recently. airplanes and airports, but the so”, Scindia added.
development and enhance-
Despite the robust recovery ment of building a holistic airline These efforts have borne fruit,
in the nation’s air travel after ecosystem that has strong roots and resulted in a growing civil
the COVID-19 pandemic, India across the value chain. As part aviation landscape with the total

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