New Delhi, 19th October: On Thursday, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that India has become the third largest domestic aviation market in the world.
Scindia was speaking at the ‘Wings India 2022- A Curtain Raiser’ event on Thursday in New Delhi, where he flagged off India’s flagship civil aviation event named ‘Wings India’ which is jointly organised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry(FICCI). The event is slated to be held from March 24-27, 2022 at the Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad.
During the event, Scindia also said that his ministry plans to take the current number of airports in India from the current 136 to 220 in the coming five to seven years.
Scindia said, “There were 74 airports that had been built in the last 68 years of our existence prior to 2014. And in the last 6 years under the pioneering leadership of PM Narendra Modi, we have built an additional 62 airports. So we have almost doubled the number of airports in the last 7 years in India. An we hope to go from a 136 today to close to about 220(airports) over the next 5-7 years. That horizontal expansion will result in vertical depth in terms of regional airlines, helicopters- which is why we have come up with a new helicopter policy, a new MRO policy, and a new flying training organisation policy. We want to make sure that we are able to spur your growth and that is our charter and task.”
Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation officially introduced #WingsIndia2022, at the curtain raiser, followed by the detailed presentation on the event scheduled from 24th to 27th March in Hyderabad, jointly organised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI.
