15 AAI-managed airports to be privatised

According to reliable reports, about 15 ‘profitable’ airports, presently managed by the Airport Authority of India including those at Chennai and Ahmedabad, could be put under private management in the first such privatisation initiative by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. Earlier, the UPA government had privatised India’s two biggest airports, at Mumbai and Delhi, besides the two southern airports at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Amongst the airports now under consideration for privatisation are Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kolkata and Lucknow, the plans being prepared by NITI Aayog and the Department of Economic Affairs.