Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Tuesday that India needed to develop an airport which would be a global hub for international flights
“There must be an international hub in India. I think it is an important opportunity that we have an international hub within India so that many issues have to come together,” said Mr. Scindia at an event organised by industry body Assocham.
He said that for this vision to come true India must “have anchor airlines at particular airports, and airlines must have wide body aircraft to transport passengers internationally.” There would also be a need to build synergy between domestic and international departures, he said. Some airports such as the Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport had cumbersome transfers between domestic and international terminals which airlines had flagged as a roadblock for developing an airport as a hub.
