Due to the rising passenger rush at airport, the aviation department is planning to come up with a second airport at seven Indian cities in the country.

The rising numbers of passengers at airports across the nation have put aviation department under immense pressure. Demands of a rising economy and increasing disposable income of people is one of the prime reasons for this situation.

The aviation planners are being pushed to look for options of building a second airport in some of the prime and most crowded cities of India, including National Capital Delhi, and Mumbai airport, among others.


Sanjay Sethi, CEO of Nestor consulting, which is a Delhi-based infrastructure advisory firm said, "There are 2-3 things that the government should look into while deciding on an airport. So, a city would need a second airport if the existing one cannot expand like in the case of Mumbai or in case of horizontal expansion of a city like Delhi. The government should plan second airports in a manner that they take care of the traffic growth for the next 3-4 decades."

Also, the Indian airports that have reached their full capacity are also being considered in the plan. So right now, there are seven cities in the list where in future a second airport might get constructed to control the excessive inflow of passengers.