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NATION | World Air Transport Summit

INDIA’S GIANT LEAP ON THE AVIATION MAP
FROM REGIONAL

CONNECTIVITY TO

GLOBAL EXPANSION

India’s aviation sector is now seeing its
fastest growth rate. India is emerging as
the world’s third-largest domestic aviation
market, writing a new chapter not only
in terms of historic passenger growth but
also in airport infrastructure, regional
connectivity, and private sector investment.
There are numerous opportunities in
India’s civil aviation business in the
coming years. During the International
Air Transport Association convention
and World Air Transport Summit, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi emphasised India’s
attractive business opportunities.

rime Minister Narendra Modi said that
India has become the third largest domestic
Paviation market in the world at the 81st
Annual General Meeting of the International Air
Transport Association (IATA) and World Air Trans-
port Summit (WATS) held on June 2 at Bharat
Mandapam in Delhi. Top global aviation industry
experts and other representatives from the
sector, including government officials, attended
the conference. The last Annual General Meeting
in India was held 42 years ago in 1983. More than
1.5 crore passengers have taken advantage of
cheap air travel under the UDAN scheme alone.
This is the reason why India’s airline industry is
continuously growing at double digits.
The central government’s ‘UDAN’ scheme has
played a major role in bringing small cities on
the aviation map. The number of airports and air
passengers in India has grown rapidly in the last
decade, and this growth is expected to be even

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