TIRUCHI: Air passenger traffic, which had witnessed negative growth in the country over the last one year in the wake of the global financial crisis, is showing signs of recovery over the past couple of months, Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here on Saturday.
“There has been a marginal recovery over the past one or two months and we are cautiously optimistic [of a recovery from the negative growth] as it depends on various factors,” Mr. Patel said in an informal chat with The Hindu here.
Mr. Patel, on a private visit to Thirunallaru, made a brief stopover at Tiruchi en route to New Delhi and inspected the newly built terminal building of the airport here.
Answering a query, he said the development of the 35 non-metro airports was going ahead as scheduled. The Airports Authority of India had been investing heavily over the last few years to strengthen the aviation infrastructure. Not just the 35 non-metro airports, several others were also being upgraded.
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