Indian airlines await the delivery of nearly 1,500 aircraft over the next 7 to 12 years. But at half that fleet size today, they often grapple with parking challenges for their aircraft.
Two of the biggest airports in Delhi and Mumbai have a combined parking capacity of 364 aircraft for the nearly 700 planes, among various airlines.
Recent orders of 500 aircraft by IndiGo and 470 by Air India, along with a three-digit order by Akasa, mean that by the end of the decade, when a large chunk of these planes arrive, the expansion of airport capacity will have to keep pace with space for parking these planes.
