Uttar Pradesh leads domestic market in aviation sector

Uttar Pradesh has allotted Rs 2,307 crore for civil aviation sector.

India's aviation sector has been growing rapidly over the last one decade. In 2018, the domestic passenger growth was at a whopping 18.6%. Leading the domestic market in aviation is Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in India in terms of both land area and population has allotted Rs 2,307 crore for civil aviation sector while compared to Rs 347 crores in 2016. Till the year 2017, only Lucknow, Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Agra airports were operational in the state, over the next 03 years, Prayagraj, Kanpur and Hindon Airport have been given operational status and a total of 63 cities have been connected to air services from 25 cities. A total of 21 airports will be operated in UP in the coming years. Construction work of selected Aligarh, Azamgarh, Shravasti, Moradabad, Chitrakoot and Myorpur (Sonbhadra) airports under RCS will be completed by April 2021. Development of new airports in Jhansi, Lalitpur and Saharanpur districts are underway.