Cabinet gives approval to lease Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru airports to Adani group

The operations and management of airports at Mangaluru, Lucknow and Ahmedabad will soon be taken over by the Adani Group. The group will look after all services at these airports, barring air traffic control and communication, navigation and surveillance services.

The transfer of services to the private sector will mean that passengers will have to pay more for using facilities such as parking, purchasing eats and using facilities at these airports. This follows the Union Cabinet’s nod for leasing these airports under a private-public partnership model.

Explaining the next few steps, official sources said, “Several processes will need to be followed like a letter being issued, joint activities like measuring the land being taken up, legal processes and some money will have to be deposited with the authorities. The process could take up to about two months to be completed.”