Durgapur airport eyes Buddhist circuit, to lure foreign tourists

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The Durgapur Airport, part of the country’s first airport-cum-township project, will aim at foreign travellers who come for India’s Buddhist circuit in its base-level projection of 3-4 lakh passengers a year. The airport is expected to come up by 2010-11.

“The Bodh Gaya tourist traffic is definitely on our radar,” said a senior official of Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd. The company is implementing Rs 10,000 crore project coming up over 2,300 acre.

Coming up in a heavy engineering hub that is also one of the largest affluent regions in India not served by an airport, the airport will serve a population of over 40 lakh within 50km.

Air traffic in the region in expected to grow by over 12% over the next three years and, according to a study by IMRB International, the overall premium travel segment in the region will grow by 5-12% during the period. While the long-distance travel potential is seen at 4.02 lakh a year, more than 1.84 lakh persons are likely to use air travel.