As increasing aviation traffic results in airport congestion, India’s air transport infrastructure will need to keep pace by expanding fleets, Air India CEO Campbell Wilson told AIN during a recent interview. Air India recently ordered 470 aircraft for replacement and new additions to its handicapped fleet.
According to the Center for Aviation (CAPA) India, the country’s domestic aviation industry will expand by a rate of 20 percent from the end of 2023 to the close of 2024, from 137 million to 160 million passengers. International traffic will recover more slowly as 2023 closes with about 58 million passengers, compared with 66.5 million in 2020 and around 69 million in 2019. By 2024, however, international traffic will exceed pre-Covid levels and reach 72 million passengers. Indian airlines by that time will see a net addition of 132 aircraft, increasing the size of the fleet from today’s 684 to 816, added CAPA at its recent summit in New Delhi.
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