New Delhi: With a fast growing civil aviation market, to meet the requirements, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said that the country will have 8,000 aircraft in the next 20 years.
Highlighting the growth potential of India’s civil aviation space, Naidu said the country might need 4,000 more planes in the next 20 years and 200 more airports are expected to be developed during the same period.
Naidu highlighted India’s ambition to design and manufacture aircraft domestically, inviting global aerospace giants to play an active role in this endeavour. He emphasised the need to develop training infrastructure to build a skilled workforce, given the rapid growth of India’s aviation sector. He further noted India’s aim to produce aircraft within the country to meet its civil aviation needs.
“We feel that Airbus has a very big role to play,” Naidu said while speaking after inaugurating the Airbus India and South Asia Headquarters – Training Centre here.
Currently, Indian carriers are operating around 800 planes and more than 1,200 aircraft are on order. The number of airports has doubled to 157 in the last 10 years and the count is expected to rise by 50 in the next 5 years.
“In the next 20 years, we might need another 4,000 aircraft to cater to the demand of the Indian aviation sector,” Naidu said and stressed on the need for further developing the airport ecosystem in the country.
