During the inaugural session of the Wings India 2024 event in Hyderabad on January 18, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia revealed ambitious plans for India’s aviation sector, predicting a doubling of domestic air passenger traffic to 300 million by 2030. In 2023, the country recorded 153 million air passengers.
Scindia highlighted that domestic air traffic has not only rebounded from the pre-COVID period but has also shown robust growth, with a 15 per cent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) over the last decade, compared to international air traffic’s 6.1 per cent CAGR.
