Need for creating civil aviation infrastructure stressed

B D Narayankar

Press Trust of India

Bangalore Sep 19: India was poised to witness a nearly three fold increase in air passengers to 356 million by 2020 and there was need for creating infrastructure to meet the growing demands in the civil aviation sector, Director General of Civil Aviation E K Bharat Bhushan today said.

Speaking at the Regional Celebrations of Civil Aviation Centenary organised by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) here, he said civil aviation was living through an exciting time in terms of growth and the number of air passengers which was at present 120 million would grow to 356 million by 2020.

"The growth in civil aviation sector will get a shot in arm as during the first quarter of this year, the sector grew at 33 per cent compared to 23 per cent last fiscal. These are excellent indicators of health of the civil aviation sector," he said.

For the first time, the domestic aviation sector had crossed the USD 50 billion-mark last year in its revenues.

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