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Delhi calls for help to build aviation connectivity to criss-cross India
INDIAN Civil Aviation Minister Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju has called upon various stakeholders to come out with new ideas on air services development for improved air services delivery.
Mr Raju was inaugurating the recent Airport Marketing Conference on Air Services Development in New Delhi, reported Delhi's Business Standard.
The minister said India was on the path of growth providing immense economic opportunities. He said that along with growth of air passenger traffic, growth of air cargo traffic also needed to be given due importance.
Also addressing the conference was junior Civil Aviation and Minister Mahesh Sharma who said strong potential for growth of air services and effective marketing plays an important role.
Highlighting the importance of aviation sector for growth of tourism he said it is high time that the air connectivity is further improved. He urged all departments to make joint efforts for improving air services delivery.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman Shri RK Srivastava said that despite the projected growth, India remains the least penetrative market with 0.4 trips per capita per annum compared to two in US.
He said India has strong 300 million middle income group with disposable income to travel at least once in a year by air.
India's robust economic growth projections, he said, are likely to ensure the sustenance of traffic trends both in the passenger and cargo markets.
AAI, he said, is working zealously towards enhancing the capacity to meet the projected growth.
Mr Srivastava said in the recent years AAI has completed the development of 33 airports. Of these the capacity at 10 airports, which was enhanced to 30 million passengers per annum and has already reached saturation and require further augmentation.
Giving further details he said the available terminal capacity to date was 250 million of which capacity utilised is only 190 million.
However, the capacity required in the next 10 years with the present trend of growth is 572 million. It would require creation of an additional capacity of 222 million, he said.
Mr Raju was inaugurating the recent Airport Marketing Conference on Air Services Development in New Delhi, reported Delhi's Business Standard.
The minister said India was on the path of growth providing immense economic opportunities. He said that along with growth of air passenger traffic, growth of air cargo traffic also needed to be given due importance.
Also addressing the conference was junior Civil Aviation and Minister Mahesh Sharma who said strong potential for growth of air services and effective marketing plays an important role.
Highlighting the importance of aviation sector for growth of tourism he said it is high time that the air connectivity is further improved. He urged all departments to make joint efforts for improving air services delivery.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman Shri RK Srivastava said that despite the projected growth, India remains the least penetrative market with 0.4 trips per capita per annum compared to two in US.
He said India has strong 300 million middle income group with disposable income to travel at least once in a year by air.
India's robust economic growth projections, he said, are likely to ensure the sustenance of traffic trends both in the passenger and cargo markets.
AAI, he said, is working zealously towards enhancing the capacity to meet the projected growth.
Mr Srivastava said in the recent years AAI has completed the development of 33 airports. Of these the capacity at 10 airports, which was enhanced to 30 million passengers per annum and has already reached saturation and require further augmentation.
Giving further details he said the available terminal capacity to date was 250 million of which capacity utilised is only 190 million.
However, the capacity required in the next 10 years with the present trend of growth is 572 million. It would require creation of an additional capacity of 222 million, he said.
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