How India is preparing for its goal of 1b airline passengers
The Indian ministry of civil aviation has set a long-term goal of reaching 1b air passengers by 2040, as stated in their 2019 “Vision 2040 for the Civil Aviation Industry in India” document. The country recognizes the need to focus on growing infrastructure and hiring manpower to accommodate the growing number of passengers, which is expected to grow six-fold to around 1.1b by 2040. The government also has plans to construct an additional 26 airports under its regional connectivity scheme and invest $11.9b to modernize and construct new airports by 2025. Additionally, India is also increasing the number of flying training organizations and facilities for aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul, said Indian civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. As economic growth, rapid urbanization, rising disposable income and a young population push the aviation sector from 14m domestic passengers in 2013 to 144m, India would need a civil aviation infrastructure and capability that would be able to support a $20t economy by 2047, Scindia said. India’s air passenger traffic increased 47% year-on-year to 123.2m passengers in 2022, almost 15% lower to 2019. Speaking at an aviation event in New Delhi this week, Scindia said the civil aviation infrastructure in India has grown from 74 airports in 2013 to 148 airports waterdomes and heliports today. India’s six metro cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad – today have a capacity of close to 192m passengers. “In the next four years these cities will have a capacity of 420m passengers per year,” Scindia said. He further said that by the end of this year Delhi Airport will grow from the current 70m to 100m passengers. Talking about increasing fleet size to accommodate a growing number of air passengers, Scindia also he expects India’s fleet to grow from the present 700 to over 2,000 planes in the next five to seven years. The minister also cited Air India’s record order of 470 aircraft touted as the largest order in international civil aviation history.<br/>
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How India is preparing for its goal of 1b airline passengers
The Indian ministry of civil aviation has set a long-term goal of reaching 1b air passengers by 2040, as stated in their 2019 “Vision 2040 for the Civil Aviation Industry in India” document. The country recognizes the need to focus on growing infrastructure and hiring manpower to accommodate the growing number of passengers, which is expected to grow six-fold to around 1.1b by 2040. The government also has plans to construct an additional 26 airports under its regional connectivity scheme and invest $11.9b to modernize and construct new airports by 2025. Additionally, India is also increasing the number of flying training organizations and facilities for aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul, said Indian civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. As economic growth, rapid urbanization, rising disposable income and a young population push the aviation sector from 14m domestic passengers in 2013 to 144m, India would need a civil aviation infrastructure and capability that would be able to support a $20t economy by 2047, Scindia said. India’s air passenger traffic increased 47% year-on-year to 123.2m passengers in 2022, almost 15% lower to 2019. Speaking at an aviation event in New Delhi this week, Scindia said the civil aviation infrastructure in India has grown from 74 airports in 2013 to 148 airports waterdomes and heliports today. India’s six metro cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad – today have a capacity of close to 192m passengers. “In the next four years these cities will have a capacity of 420m passengers per year,” Scindia said. He further said that by the end of this year Delhi Airport will grow from the current 70m to 100m passengers. Talking about increasing fleet size to accommodate a growing number of air passengers, Scindia also he expects India’s fleet to grow from the present 700 to over 2,000 planes in the next five to seven years. The minister also cited Air India’s record order of 470 aircraft touted as the largest order in international civil aviation history.<br/>
