India is ready to build 150 to 200 airports in the following 15 - 20 years, which will include new airports or the expansion of existing airfields to handle commercial flights. The aim is to deal with a recent sudden increase in demand for air transport, which may be threatened by the current form of the existing infrastructure. India owns several state-of-the-art airports and is set to build more to improve air connections between cities and reduce congestion at existing airports. These airports will be developed under the Regional Air Connectivity Scheme (also known as the UDAN Scheme) which aims to facilitate regional interconnection through financial support and infrastructure development. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has chalked a plan to invest about $ 19,000 million over the next three years in upgrading the country's airport infrastructure, especially in smaller cities.
MicroStep-MIS participated in the 4th edition of the Annual Airport Modernization Summit, a two-day educational and business exchange platform designed to connect regional and international project stakeholders, held in Bangalore on 16 - 17 of September 2021. The summit focused on presenting opportunities in the field of the Evolution of Smart & Futuristic Airports. The event was attended by the airport authorities from the ATC side, private airport operators, and infrastructure developers. We were offered an opportunity to present aviation weather products and systems beyond traditional solutions including unmanned Automated Weather System, Low Level Windshear Alert System, portable Meteorological Radar which evoked a very encouraging response from concerned authorities. We believe that our participation in the summit will beneficial in addressing the problem of the scattered market of private airline operators in the country.
