India is slowly becoming a convenient hub for travel between Southeast Asia and the Middle East as airlines prefer to transfer people by connecting through Indian cities, a top industry official said. There is huge growth in India and many domestic routes are used by airlines for connectivity, V Sumantran, chairman of the board of directors of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. said in Chennai on Saturday.
Delivering his address at the 65th Institute Day of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, he said that Indigo airlines started off as a low-cost airline in 2006 and has made the largest single order in the aviation industry by ordering 500 aircrafts in France.
“India needed an airline that will provide affordable travel for many of us and the net result we can see. Even now, we see India really moving forward with a lot more speed on infrastructure development. We have about 140 operating airports now and that would become 220 by 2030. We are seeing a huge increase in regional travel,”…