The central authorities has accorded ‘in-principle’ approval for establishing of 21 new greenfield airports, out of which, 12 greenfield airports have been operationalised, the Lok Sabha was advised.
The federal government had formulated a Greenfield Airports (GFA) Coverage, 2008 for improvement of greenfield airports within the nation.
As per the coverage, if any developer together with the state authorities needs to develop an airport, they’re required to determine an appropriate website and get the pre-feasibility research performed.
The developer has to then submit a proposal to the central authorities for ‘website clearance’ adopted by ‘in-principle’ approval.
The enlargement of airports, together with the upgradation of infrastructure and amenities at airports, is a steady course of, which is undertaken by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) or the involved airport operators relying upon operational necessities, site visitors, demand, industrial feasibility and so forth.
AAI and different airport operators have embarked upon a capex plan for greater than Rs 98,000 crore, together with round Rs 25,000 crore by AAI throughout 2019-24 for improvement/upgradation/modernisation of varied brownfield airports and growing greenfield airports to satisfy the rising calls for.
AAI has undertaken improvement and enlargement of many tasks throughout the nation.
The upgradation endeavors embody a number of enhancements, starting from the development of terminal buildings and ATC tower-cum-technical blocks to the enlargement of civil enclave, extension, strengthening, and re-carpeting of runways, in addition to the creation of aprons, parking bays, and different related infrastructure enhancements.
In addition to, with a view to improve the regional air connectivity from unserved and underserved airports within the nation, Ministry of Civil Aviation launched Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik-regional connectivity scheme or the UDAN-RCS on 21 October 2016, making air journey inexpensive to the lots.
The upgradation of airports has to satisfy worldwide requirements specified by organisations comparable to Worldwide Civil Aviation Organisation, Worldwide Air Transport Affiliation and so forth.
It’s undertaken by AAI or the involved airport operators considering varied issues, together with the industrial facet, traveler necessities, land state of affairs and airline preferences.
Declaration of an airport as and worldwide airport relies upon upon site visitors potential, demand from airways for operation of worldwide flights and bilateral air providers settlement.
It additionally contains provision of floor lighting amenities, instrument touchdown system, runway size, immigration, animal and plant quarantine providers and so forth. At current, there are 30 worldwide airports within the nation.
