Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the country’ domestic air passenger traffic will double in the next six years, reaching 300 million by the end of 2030.
“The domestic traffic in the last calendar year was 153 million. The number went from 60 million in 2014, to 153 million in 2023, just within nine years. We’ll grow to 300 million by 2030,” Scindia said.
“That is the potential that India holds not only to herself, but also to Asia and to the world,” he added.
The minister added that even with 300 million domestic passengers by 2030, India will still be one of the most under-penetrated markets across the top 20 countries in the world.
Highlighting the potential of the sector in India during the Wings India event in Hyderabad , the minister said, “Looking at the potential that this market holds for the decades to come from an Indian perspective, under the guidance of our Prime Minister, we are preparing for this potential.
“We are preparing for the potential by creating capacities, removing bottlenecks, simplifying procedures, so that by 2047, when India achieves her 100th year of independence, this civil aviation sector is able to support not a current $4 trillion economy but a $20 trillion economy.”
