Rashtriya Pioneer Pride: Govt. plans for 100 new airports

Govt. plans for 100 new airports
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Dilip Thakur on 04/09/2018 13:57:00

Cost will be 4.2 lakh crore

New Delhi. Central government plans to construct 100 airports at an estimated
cost of USD 60 billion (about Rs 4.2 lakh crore) in the next 10 to 15 years.
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said Tuesday the country's aviation sector
is one of the fastest-growing in the world and has recorded 50 months of
double-digit traffic growth. 100 new airports are to be constructed through
public private partnership. According to global airlines' grouping IATA, India
is expected to overtake Germany, Japan, Spain and the UK within the next ten
years to become the world's third largest air passenger market.