New Delhi: With the Civil Aviation sector in the country witnessing an unprecedented growth, investment in modernisation of airports was on an upswing, President A P J Abdul Kalam said.
Observing the Civil Aviation sector had witnessed an unprecedented growth in recent years, the President in his address to the joint sitting of Parliament said the government had initiated modernisation of major airports in the country.
Kalam said air services were also being liberalised to cope with the rapidly growing air traffic demand.
There had been an almost 50 per cent growth in passenger traffic in the last financial year, he said.
23/02/07 PTI/Financial Express
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