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Egypt is working at expanding and bettering aviation facilities keeping
in view the plans to receive up to 30 million visitors by 2028.

The UAE’s aviation is set to witness growth as the UAE Tourism
Strategy aims to host 40 million visitors by 2031.

The first phase of Navi Mumbai International Airport is expected to be
completed by December 2024. By 2032, Navi Mumbai Airport would
also have the capacity to handle 2.5 million tons of cargo. The $3.8
billion Noida International Airport is set to open by September 2025.

Maldives is working to develop airports in its six islands as its new
government works on a policy to have an airport within 30 minutes of
every residential island. Its capital city, Male, will have a new terminal
by 2025.

China aims to construct 216 new airports by 2035 to meet the growing
demands for air travel.

A report by Statista said Asia-Pacific had been the region with the
highest number of airport infrastructure projects under construction,
with over half of the new airport construction taking place in this region.
It also had the lead for construction projects in existing airports. When
considering the value of airport construction projects worldwide, Asia-
Pacific was also at the top of the ranking.

“Airports will be core drivers of (aviation) industry-wide change, while
themselves being transformed in the process,” remarked a study on
the ‘Evolution of Airports – Travel Trends in The Next 30 Years’
published by Oliver Wyman, a global consultancy, Airports Council
International (ACI) World, and the Sustainable Tourism Global Center

(STGC).

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