In April 2025, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) team visited the shortlisted sites to conduct a pre-feasibility survey for Bengaluru’s second airport.
PPP model airports generate about 86 per cent of the total non-aero revenue
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India are working with the Central Industrial Security Force to launch the pilot project at two airports in India, multiple officials aware of the ongoing discussions told Moneycontrol.
The Adani group is only interested in bidding for AAI’s stake in the Mumbai airport and is not looking at Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad airports
At the present valuation, AAI has incurred an expenditure of around Rs 2,767 crore at these six airports before handing over them to the PPP concessionaire.
BCAS had in April 2019 directed that 84 hypersensitive and sensitive airports should get full-body scanners by March 2020 in place of DFMDs. Other airports were supposed to get scanners by March 2021.
As on February 9, 2023, after four rounds of bidding under UDAN, 467 routes have commenced, operationalising 70 airports, including two water aerodromes and nine heliports, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said
During this period, domestic air traffic climbed 18.6 percent YoY and 9.6 percent from the pre-pandemic Q1FY20.
Airports Authority of India achieves 100% capex target in Q1 FY24, earmarking Rs 1000 crore, surpassing other airports.
AAI has reported a profit for the first time after the coronavirus pandemic that had significantly impacted air traffic and the aviation sector as a whole.
Uber India and South Asia President Prabhjeet Singh told PTI that it has recorded nearly 100 per cent year-on-year growth in Airport trips in January and February this year and one in every 10 trips on the Uber platform is an airport trip.
A version of these standards was initially announced in November 2020, but the AAI found it challenging to comply with them because it required more staff to offer the required rest period
High jet fuel prices, disrupted aviation supply chains, and the financial health of domestic airlines have taken their toll on UDAN in FY23, with flight cancellations and fewer passengers.
The airport development project is worth Rs 242 crore. It includes the construction of a terminal building, development of airside facilities.
Currently, there are 13 airports that are being operated under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. Out of them, 8 airports belong to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the remaining 5 belong to the respective state governments.
State-owned Airport Authority of India's (AAI) residual stakes in the four major airports are to be sold under the government's ambitious National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) that was announced in August last year.
Once commissioned, the new terminal building spread in 6,248 sq mt will be able to handle 300 passengers during peak hours with host facilities such as eight check-in counters, conveyor belts for the arriving passengers, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik directed advocate Yashwant Shenoy, who filed a public interest litigation (PIL) raising concern over dangers posed by high rises near the Mumbai airport, to indicate why the AAI's decision was bad in law.
Taking into account the demands of smart airports, the MoU entails a technical transfer programme.
The airline will revert to advance payment mechanism for its daily operations, it added, days after the aviation regulator ordered the low-cost airline to slash its approved fleet to 50% this summer for eight weeks citing safety snags.
Owing to the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport, there was a height restriction of 55 metres (15-16 floors) on buildings in a radius of 20 km around the airport. That has now been relaxed to 160 metres (48 floors).
Self Help Groups (SHGs) are already showcasing their products at 12 airports, including at Agartala, Kushinagar, Udaipur and Madurai, under the AVSAR (Airport as Venue for Skilled Artisans of the Region) initiative.
The step has been taken under the Airports as Venue for Skilled Artisans of the Region (AVSAR) initiative, the AAI statement noted.
The rating agency says the resumption of international commercial airline operations and an increase in tariffs will help airport operators report profits in 2022-23.
The Airports Authority of India to spend Rs 25,000 crore in the next five years to boost infrastructure facilities.