IATA calls on India to boost aviation infrastructure, policies

IATA DG and CE Alexandre de Juniac has called on New Delhi to address the country's infrastructure and regulatory issues in order to allow the airline industry to meet its growth potential over the next 20 years. De Juniac noted that despite huge demand, airlines in India have struggled to earn sustainable profits. “India’s social and economic development needs airlines to be able to profitably accommodate growing demand. We must address infrastructure constraints that limit growth and govt policies that deviate from global standards and drive up the cost of connectivity,” he says. De Juniac called for particular action to make Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport more efficient in the short-term as “nobody expects Navi Mumbai to open in 2019 as planned.” <br/>