AERA to oversee all private, PPP airports
NEW DELHI: Airports under private management and public-private partnership will continue to be regulated by airport regulator Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) even if they are not ‘major airports’, the aviation ministry has said, in a bid to allay fears of private developers.
“All private or PPP airports will continue to be regulated by the airport regulator,” aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said on Friday.
The issue of regulation arose after the government decided to more than double the passenger traffic threshold for airports to be categorised as ‘major airports’ to 3.5 million per annum from 1.5 million, effectively reducing the ambit of AERA.
