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Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Mumbai's aviation sector set to soar, but will challenges ahead clip its wings?

The aviation sector in Mumbai, it seems, is in a transition phase — witnessing tremendous growth in passenger and cargo traffic in the past decade, ongoing redevelopment work at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) and "big plans" for Juhu airport, and possible breakthrough in starting work for the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA).

However, the challenges remain, with slow/poor decision-making and policies, red tapism, unrealistic demands by project-affected people (PAPs), etc, which may stop the sector from taking off to great heights.

A recent study by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has pegged indirect contribution by CSIA-related construction activities to contribute Rs23.4 billion in income to the national GDP during the entire construction phase (2014–15 to 2018–19). Total passenger traffic at CSIA will reach 49 million by 2022–23.
Read news in full 02/08/15 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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