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The country will require between $10 billion and $15 billion for the growth of aviation infrastructure.
Civil Aviation Ministry Ashok Ganapathi Raju told a conference on aviation here on Saturday that additional allocation is needed for this purpose. "We have a situation where certain airports are choked while there are 30 others which are lying unused," Raju a cabinet ministry in the Union Government said.
Raju told SITA aviation ICT conference here that the government has identified 40 roles in the aviation industry for skill training. This will help the industry to access a readily available pool of skilled and trained personnel in the country itself.
Earlier, Raju in a tweet said that demonstration has not impacted the Indian aviation sector. "Allays g all growth fears, domestic passenger traffic has again clocked growth of 22.4 per cent year on year I the demonstration month of November, 2016."
Calling aviation the mother of all industries, Ashwin Lohani, the CMD of Air India said air fares are marginally higher than an AC second class fares of the Railways and hence the aviation should try to seize this opportunity.
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