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Airports in Cities and Regions - KIT Scientific Publishing

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Fig. 3: Trends <strong>in</strong> growth of air passengers<br />

Fig. 4: Passenger traffic carried by upper class rail <strong>and</strong> air transport<br />

Feeder airport city<br />

Consider<strong>in</strong>g the forecast made by “Foundation for Aviation <strong>and</strong> Susta<strong>in</strong>able<br />

Tourism” 2 , <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Airports</strong> Authority of India, the expected growth rate is at 6% per<br />

annum till 2017. This is a very conservative estimate. Such forecasts, pose a great<br />

challenge for the developers of airport <strong>in</strong>frastructure who could capitalise on the<br />

same issue to focus on build<strong>in</strong>g a better <strong>in</strong>frastructure <strong>in</strong> our country. The way<br />

forward for the development of airport <strong>in</strong>frastructure is very important <strong>and</strong> has to be<br />

visionary. Worldwide privatisation of airports has created further employment <strong>and</strong><br />

has been a net contributor to the GDP.<br />

2 http://www.screen<strong>in</strong>dia.com/news/provide-airport-capacity-ahead-of-dem<strong>and</strong>/130935/<br />

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