Ahmedabad, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Tuesday said that 1.6 crore passengers last year travelled from Ahmedabad to Delhi to board international flights and with the seamless journey of ‘Hub & Spoke’, Ahmedabad will be ready to invite a global audience from maximum destinations, especially for the Commonwealth Games in 2030.
The minister said the benefit of greater footfall would flow to Ahmedabad's textile, pharmaceutical, diamond and gems, and engineering sectors.
Naidu noted that until now, a passenger travelling from Ahmedabad to destinations like Paris, Toronto or Sydney had to take a domestic flight to Delhi, manage separate bookings, handle luggage on arrival, navigate immigration queues at a large airport, and risk missing a connecting flight.
Under the ‘Hub & Spoke’ model, immigration, check-in and baggage check-through will now all be completed at Ahmedabad itself, with baggage travelling straight through to the final international destination.
The Hub-and-Spoke model is a key component of the government's International Aviation Hub Strategy, aimed at positioning India as the preferred aviation hub for Indian travellers by 2030 and a leading global aviation hub by 2047.
Studies undertaken by the Civil Aviation Ministry indicate that aviation hub development could generate approximately 0.4 million direct and indirect jobs and contribute an additional $30 billion to India's GDP by 2030.
By 2047, the cumulative impact could support approximately 16 million direct and indirect jobs and contribute nearly $1.4 trillion to the economy.
The commencement of Hub and Spoke flight operations from Ahmedabad marks the extension of this progressively expanding framework to additional airports across the country in the coming months.
Naidu shared that Hub & Spoke connectivity will next be extended to 22 more airports in this phase, including Surat in Gujarat.
The Ahmedabad launch was marked at a function attended by Naidu, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, and Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi.
The launch of Hub & Spoke operations from Varanasi on June 25, 2026 marked the beginning of a new chapter in Indian aviation.
—IANS
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Source: IANS
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