AAI recommends Centre to privatize 6 airports including Amritsar, Varanasi and Trichy

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According to a report of PTI, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has advised to the Centre Government to privatize airports at Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Raipur and Trichy, a senior government official said to media.

The recommendation came as the central government has already privatize airports of Lucknow, Ahmadabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati for operation, management and development through public-private partnership (PPP) model in February this year.

“As six airports have already been privatised in February this year, the AAI in its board meeting on September 5 decided to privatise six more airports- Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Raipur and Trichy,” said a senior government official. 

“Once the board took this decision, the recommendation was sent to the Ministry of Civil Aviation,” the official added.

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The AAI, which works under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, owns and manages more than 100 airports across the country.

In February this year, in the first round of airport privatization, the Adani Group bagged contract for all six airports by winning the bids with huge margins.

The AAI had chosen the winner on the basis of the “per-passenger fee” offered by the bidders.

On July 3, the Union Cabinet had approved the leasing out of Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangalore airports to Adani Group. The cabinet is yet to approve the leasing out of the other three.

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Manish Khandelwal
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Manish Khandelwal, a travel-tech enthusiast with over a decade of experience in the travel industry. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Travelobiz.com, he's passionate about writing.

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