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Cruising Heights
|January 2026
To say that the Indian aviation market has grown at a pace unmatched by any of the world's major economies is to stress the obvious.
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That India also has the largest number of aircraft on order apart from the United States-the world's most mature aviation market-is also reiterating a fact. Also, that Indian aviation is expected to grow at this tearing pace for the next two decades is a reality.
Many years back, at a FICCI seminar, then Civil Aviation Secretary Ashok Chawla, who was then dealing with an unprecedented growth of 15 per cent plus year on year, quipped: "a 7-8 per cent growth is welcome, but a growth of 15 per cent is undesirable and unwelcome".
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