According to the aviation regulator, India is expected to add close to 80 airports in the ensuing four to five years. To begin operating flights, aerodromes must first meet a number of standards.
In order to fulfil the rising passenger demand, India is anticipated to add close to 80 airports, keeping pace with the country’s stable civil aviation growth trend. The civil aviation ministry has placed a high priority on developing the nation’s airports and modernising the infrastructure already in place to meet the needs of the nation. And this vision includes the upcoming new airports.
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According to India’s aviation regulator, in the next four to five years, the nation might build up to 80 new airports. Currently, at roughly 9%, India’s yearly aviation sector growth rate is expected to reach double digits in the next years.
The number of airports in the nation has expanded from 74 to 141 just in the last eight years. With all the additional airports that are being developed, it is anticipated that this number will more than double to roughly 220 in the ensuing five years.
The creation of 21 new greenfield airports across the nation has received “in principle” clearance from the aviation ministry. Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Shirdi, and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Hassan, and Shivamogga in Karnataka, Dabra in Madhya Pradesh, Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar), in Uttar Pradesh, and Dholera and Hirasar (Rajkot), in Gujarat, are a few of these.
Eight of these have already been put into operation: Durgapur, Shirdi, Sindhudurg, Pakyong, Kannur, Kalaburagi, Orvakal, and Kushinagar.
Under the regional RCS-UDAN project, many of these airports, helipads, and water aerodromes are slated for development in FY 2022–2023.
The new airports, according to officials, must adhere to specified requirements with regard to their management systems, operational processes, physical characteristics, assessment and treatment of impediments, visual aids, and rescue and firefighting services in order to be safe.
Before construction can begin, the developer of these greenfield airports must submit site clearance applications to the steering committee at the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Additionally, licences in two categories—for private use and for public use—will be necessary for the proposed airfields.
The civil aviation ministry has a much more expansive strategy, even though new airports are anticipated to accommodate India’s expanding aviation sector. One of these is the potential creation of an aviation hub in India, for which the government intends to build the necessary environment in the future.
Indian airports are frequently included in lists of the busiest and best-kept airports, but when it comes to providing foreign travellers with quick and dependable connections, they fall far short of some of their worldwide counterparts.
Even though there are numerous obstacles to building a hub airport in India, Jyotiraditya Scindia, the country’s aviation minister, expects to resolve them over the next few years. With a 2030 net-zero emissions objective, the larger plan also calls for having more than 90 airports that are carbon-neutral by 2024.
