Hyderabad: The air connectivity to smaller cities in the country through no-frills airlines and airports would be the focus of the fourth edition of India Aviation 2014, said a senior official from the Union civil aviation ministry. The show begins on March 12.
“The theme of this show will be looking beyond metros such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Benga-luru and Hyderabad. There are several smaller cities which have airports, but no air connectivity,” Mr G. Asok Kumar, joint secretary of civil aviation, said on Monday, while announcing the schedule of the event.
The second phase of growth in Indian aviation is expected to come from tier-2 and tier-3 cities.
“The idea is to expand and develop no-frills and low cost airports to meet the demand for air travel. The non-metro airpo-rts presently account for only about 30 per cent of the total air traffic, which is expected to rise to 45 per cent in the next few years,” Mr Kumar explained.
By 2020, the Indian aviation market, which is the ninth largest in the world, is expected to become the third largest, only after the United States and China.
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