Indian airlines' IT spend to be much higher than global average: SITA Asia

Between 2014 and 2023, the number of airports in India have increased from 74 to 148, as per the Union civil aviation ministry. This number is expected to go up to 220 by 2025

Expenditure on information technology (IT) by Indian airlines and airports is much higher than the global average and is expected to remain at that level in the future owing to the expansion being planned, Sumesh Patel, president (Asia Pacific), SITA, told Business Standard in an interview.

IndiGo last month placed the world’s biggest single-tranche aircraft order with Airbus — for 500 A320 family planes.

This was preceded in February by Air India’s second-biggest single-tranche order, for 470 planes — 250 with Airbus and 220 with Boeing.
 

Between 2014 and 2023, the number of airports in India increased from 74 to 148, according