NEW DELHI: The government has decided to more than double the passenger traffic threshold for airports to be categorised as ‘major airports,’ effectively reducing the ambit of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA).
“The Union Cabinet on Monday approved the note we moved on the issue,” said a senior aviation ministry official who did not want to be identified. The Cabinet also approved an amendment to the AERA Act that will allow the government to bid out private airport projects on the basis of predetermined tariff.
