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With 80 new ones, govt aims to have 220 airports by 2025

The government has set a target of increasing the number of airports from 140 to 220 by 2025, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, as he expected that the revival of the sector, scarred by the Covid-19 pandemic, may lead to a substantial jump in passenger traffic.

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