Airports urged by civil aviation ministry to improve infrastructure to handle more passengers

New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry requested airport operators to do a complete internal review of their throughput and space requirements on Friday in order to improve infrastructure for hassle-free travel, according to sources. This was done to ensure that there is no congestion at major airports.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, the minister of civil aviation, met with airport and airline operators in the nation's capital to discuss the problems with congestion at airports during peak travel times and the necessary steps to solve them.

The sources said that steps to strengthen infrastructure, especially to deal with peak hour traffic at airports, as well as to expand capacity were deliberated upon.

Airport operators have been asked to do a thorough internal analysis of their throughput and space requirements, among other factors to ensure there is no clogging at any points.

“Met with airline & airport operators to deliberate on a roadmap for infrastructure & processes to cater to the record growth projections in the no. of passengers travelling by air.

“With a whole of govt approach, we are committed to facilitate quicker & smoother processing at major metro airports in India,” Scindia said in a tweet.

The sources also said that the efforts are to ensure that airlines are able to operate at their maximum capacity even during peak hours.

India is one of the fastest-growing civil aviation markets in the world.

With PTI inputs