Key Points
Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia says India will have 230-240 airports, including heliports and water aerodromes, by 2030, up from 148 now, as well as expanded capacity for metro airports which would be able to accommodate the growing number of planes..
Is Indias civil aviation infrastructure growing enough to match the aspirations of airlines that have placed mega aircraft purchase orders?..
Coming to infrastructure, we had 74 airports in 2013-14 but, today, if you include heliports and waterdromes (for seaplanes), the number has gone up to 148..
In six metros (Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad), throughput capacity on an annual basis is roughly about 221 million passengers which, I expect, will rise to 410-430 million in the next 4-5 years..
As far as the Mumbai airport is concerned, we have capped the capacity at the current level of 54 million passengers per annum..
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