India flying and how: Air passenger traffic set for 80% jump in 5 years

India’s civil aviation industry is in for a steep upward climb. New government figures predict air passenger traffic will increase by 80 per cent over the next five years, from 222 million passenger journeys in 2023-24 to nearly 400 million by 2028-29.

The magnitude of the expansion underscores a definitive post-pandemic rebound and suggests that infrastructure at airports, on the tarmac and in air corridors linking big and small cities will need to keep pace.

Over the five-year window,…