100 UDAN airports to boost tourism

The Government’s decision to develop 100 more airports under the UDAN scheme by 2024 will get a boost only if exclusive landing slots are provided by regional airlines.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Budget that development of 100 airports will promote domestic travel and connect more towns.

But analysts told BusinessLine that the government should include all the stakeholders while putting this scheme into practice. “The Government should be able to allocate a specific budget for setting up each of these airports and prevail upon airports in major metros to set up secondary airports closer to the main ones,” Capt AK Sachdev, former Chief Operating Officer, GoAir told BusinessLine.