Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said India needs airports of global quality and 25 regional airstrips will be added this year.
"Logically there is no reason that airports and airlines in India should not do well. We have amongst largest number of people in the world, we have a large number of expatriate, we have economy which can legitimately claim being the fastest growing economy of the world," he said.
Jaitley said there is a very large section of people who use airports as a hub for their activity and its "obvious that India needs airport of global quality".
In this year alone, the Finance Minister said, the government has ambitious target of adding 25 regional airports to the already functional 70 airports.
"Time is not very far off when India will be one of the few countries in the world with functional airports in literally three digits," he said at a function organised by the Delhi Airport.
08/06/16 PTI/DNA
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"Logically there is no reason that airports and airlines in India should not do well. We have amongst largest number of people in the world, we have a large number of expatriate, we have economy which can legitimately claim being the fastest growing economy of the world," he said.
Jaitley said there is a very large section of people who use airports as a hub for their activity and its "obvious that India needs airport of global quality".
In this year alone, the Finance Minister said, the government has ambitious target of adding 25 regional airports to the already functional 70 airports.
"Time is not very far off when India will be one of the few countries in the world with functional airports in literally three digits," he said at a function organised by the Delhi Airport.
08/06/16 PTI/DNA
