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The government is working to create an aviation hub in India and various steps, including airlines inducting wide-body aircraft and increasing their fleet size, are being taken, Union minister Mr V K Singh said. The steps taken in this regard include consultations with airlines and airports to bring in synergy between the two, airports exploring new technologies like Automated People Mover system and intelligent solutions for congestion management, and airports improving their infrastructure to reduce transfer time/minimum connection time, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation said.