Correct Answer : V. K. Singh
V. K. Singh (MoS Civil Aviation) has informed that the Rajya Sabha, that govt has accorded in-principle approval for setting up 21 Greenfield Airports across the India.
So far nine Greenfield airports have already been operationalized and the tenth Greenfield airport at Mopa, Goa has been inaugurated on 11th of this month.
The Minister said that during pre-covid period, in the year
2018-19 the number of passengers footfall at airports across the country had increased by
11.6 per as compared to 2017-18.
Passenger footfall had decreased during the pandemic era. However, post-covid, in the
year 2021-22, the trend shows an increase of
63.7 percent over the
year 2020-21..
Source : AIR
