''Passengers' Safety Should Be Central For All Airlines'' Says Venkaiah Naidu

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday, October 30, said that the safety of passengers should be of utmost importance for any transportation service and urged the aviation industry to place passenger's convenience at the centre of all activities.

''With the government deciding to improve domestic air connectivity and make it affordable, the need of the hour is to provide quality infrastructure and efficient customer services. The scope for growth and expansion of the Indian civil aviation to the common man,'' Naidu said after releasing the Economic Impact Report and Coffee Table Book encapsulating the growth story of Indian Aviation marking the completion of 12 years of operations of GMR Group at Delhi airport.

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''I would like all the airlines and other stakeholders in the aviation industry to place the safety and passengers' convenience at the centre of all your activities,'' he added. 

The Vice President said that governments, policymakers, and business enterprises must ensure a hassle-free environment at airports for commuters. He further said that the central government's efforts to improve domestic air connectivity and make it affordable would get a boost if the quality infrastructure is built and efficient customer services are provided by airliners.

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Vice President Naidu said that connectivity is the key to economic growth and added that the aviation industry has huge scope for development. He said that the growth of the aviation sector will have a multiplier effect on the Indian economy as it would positively impact the hospitality and tourism sectors, among others. 

Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha, Lt Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal, chairman of GMR Group, Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao and several members of aviation and airline industry were present at the event.