From investing billions of dollars in new airports to inducting more air traffic controllers, India is pulling out all the stops to improve its aviation infrastructure as it gears up to welcome the hundreds of new planes that its airlines have ordered.
The world’s fastest-growing aviation market is expected to invest Rs 99,000 crore ($12 billion) and will have 220 airports by 2025, versus 148 currently, agencies reported, in a bid to ease the load on existing infrastructure. It will also appoint more regulators and open new flying schools, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said at the CAPA India aviation summit on Monday.
