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2.2 DRIVERS FOR GROWTH Growing urbanization Sizeable and growing
Economic growth is a key driver for demand middle income group
of air transport, and India is expected to with high aspirations
witness a sustained long term economic
growth for next few decades. Some of the
key factors driving sustained traffic growth of
air transport in India

Growing tourism Government’s thrust Untapped market Global integration
on regional/remote potential; under- of businesses driving
area connectivity penetrated market for demand for business
air transport. related travel and cargo

Demand for air cargo: Demographic dividend: Increasing accessibility
Global outsourcing, Large and growing and affordability of air
express industry, free proportion of working transport; through low
trade agreements, and age group cost carriers, ensuing
competition, expanding
infrastructure and easy
availability of credit.

The traffic growth forecast of passenger carried the form of mandatory noise abatement
and cargo operators are shown in figure 2.2 procedures, which put restrictions on the
and figure 2.3. preferred runway or even an absolute night
curfew at certain airports.
2.4 CHALLENGES FOR AIR TRANSPORT
INDUSTRY Climate change is a major global challenge
2.4.1 Environmental challenge of CO and threatening sustainability of all the industrial
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Noise emissions: activity including air transport industry. There
Globally, the air transport system is facing has been a continuous improvement in
the challenges of congestion leading to efficiency and reduction in noise and CO
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environmental degradation which are only going emissions of the aircraft in past. However, to
to be worse in the future in view of growing meet the targets of carbon neutral growth
demand. The focus of technology development in future, drastic changes are required in
has been on continuous improvement in the aircraft technologies and ATM and operational
existing technologies with a focus on increasing procedures.
efficiency, and reduction in noise and CO 2
emissions. This has resulted in reduction in fuel 2.4.2 Security post 9/11 is becoming as a major
burn by 70% and aircraft noise by 75 % over challenge for the aviation community amidst
the last 40 years[9]. The contribution of air growing terrorist attacks the world over. The
transport to global anthropogenic emissions security setup at the airports also adds to
is estimated by Intergovernmental Panel on the capacity constraints at the major airports
Climate Change(IPCC) as 2% which is growing besides the inconvenience to the travellers.
at the rate of 2-3% every year and projected Therefore, there is a need for non-intrusive
to grow to 3% by year 2050[10]. The impact technologies and use of advanced information
of aircraft noise on the communities nearby technology for effective security system with
an airport is another serious environmental minimal passenger inconvenience.
challenge which results in added costs in

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