AAI to embark on study to assess capacity at 48 airports

AAI to embark on study to assess capacity at 48 airports

News:

1. Airports Authority of India (AAI) is set to commence a study to assess the capacity of 48 airports.

Important Facts:

2. The AAI is in the process of selecting a consultant to conduct the survey.
3. Status of airport passenger in India:

• All the airports together handled a total of 309 million passengers in 2017-2018
• The current capacity of all airports is 334 million.
• AAI has forecast a demand of approximately 636 million passengers by 2026-2027.

4. AAI is looking forward to:

• Initiate the strategic action to cope with the forecast traffic
• To provide required infrastructure and services to its stakeholders at all times

5. The AAI will start the study of airports which include:

•  Ahmedabad, Pune and Goa, which handle between 5 million and 10 million passengers per annum.
• The airports of Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Bhubaneshwar

6. According to a report by CAPA, India needs to invest up to $45 billion on additional capacity to handle 500-600 million air passengers by 2030.