India will have more than 200 airports, heliports and water aerodromes in the next five years and Indian carriers will order up to 1,400 additional planes during the period, Union aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference on the aviation sector's performance during the nine years of the Narendra Modi government, Scindia said India had 74 airports (including heliports and waterports) till 2014 and the number has now doubled to 148. “In 2013-14, India saw six crore domestic flyers. Now, this number is 14.5 crore, up by 135%.
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