The Indian government is set to enlarge terminals at 10 airports, anticipating a 30% rise in domestic air passenger traffic by the following year. This expansion is a response to the substantial 25% year-on-year growth, totaling 12.1 million passengers in July. Emphasizing connectivity to smaller cities, the government aims to inaugurate a minimum of three airports in Uttar Pradesh this year. To facilitate efficient passenger processing, additional security personnel will be deployed, the Bureau of Immigration strengthened, and extra X-ray machines installed. Real-time updates for passengers will be facilitated through social media platforms.
As domestic air passenger traffic grows rapidly in India, the government has planned a massive expansion of 10 airport terminals across the country, aviation ministry officials said on Monday.
“With an aim to efficiently handle 30% additional growth by summer peak travel next year, work at airports like Goa (Dabolim), Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Patna, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Trivandrum and Cochin has been finalised,” a ministry official said, declining to be named. “Work at four airports belonging to the Airports Authority of India has begun.”
India’s domestic air passenger traffic surged 25% on an annualised basis to 12.1 million passengers in July, according to data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
The latest development comes after aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and home minister Amit Shah conducted a review of airport capacity expansion on July 15.
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