India’s approach towards aviation industry worked in light of the Covid pandemic induced lockdown.

As rumours abound about a potential Tata group investment into Air India, questions have started to emerge into the group’s entry into the airline business itself.

As the country continues to focus on connectivity initiatives, regional airlines are yet to see traction. The regional airline landscape is evolving and unfortunately has seen very few successes.

Until the beginning of this year, India’s aviation sector was on a rapid ascent.

An ethnically, culturally, and geographically diverse region, North-East India is connected with the rest of the country through a narrow corridor of approximately 21 kilometres.

Confidence building measures or CBMs came into the lexicon during the cold war era. These were steps towards minimizing tensions and building trust between nuclear powers.

Earlier this year the government laid out the ambitious plan to develop hundred regional airports. This in conjunction with an infrastructure push, and towards connecting all parts of the country.

Indian aviation has witnessed exponential growth over the last decade. The financial year 2018-19 saw 275 million travellers, 2.5 million air transport movements and 3.5 million metric tonnes of cargo move in and out of Indian airports.