India and South Asia’s passenger air traffic will rise an average of 7% annually over the next 20 years, spurred by a growing middle class, economic growth and airport and connectivity investments, Boeing said recently. That demand for air travel means airlines will need nearly 3,300 new airplanes by 2044 as projected in the company’s Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) for South Asia.

India is a growth market and the country will add more planes, Boeing Managing Director of Commercial Marketing, Eurasia and Indian Subcontinent Ashwin Naidu said. According to him, India is the fastest growing region, with the fleet quadrupling over the next 20 years.