Union Minister of Civil Aviation and steel Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia during the supplementary question to a starred question in the Rajya Sabha informed that there were 74 airports in the country in first 65 years, but now 149 airports/heliports/ water aerodromes are now functional. Shri Scindia also said that the viability gap funding provided for UDAN scheme has helped 1.3 crore people travel by plane. It is the Government’s endeavour that by the year 2030, India will have 42 crore people travelling by aeroplane, he added. PIB
149 airports/heliports/water aerodromes functional in country
