A total of 10 entities have submitted bids for six AAI-owned airports for privatisation. Among the bidders, GMR Airports and Adani Enterprise are offering to operate all the six aerodromes.
Others bidders are Autostrade from Italy, AMP Capital Investors (UK), Mauritius-based I Investments, Cochin International Airport (CIAL), Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC), National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), PNC Infrastructure and Sanna Enterprises.
Six airports — Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangalore, Guwahati and Trivandrum — were put on the block by state-owned Airports Authority of India on December 14, 2018. The bidder quoting the highest per-passenger fee for domestic travellers will be awarded the rights to operate, manage and develop the six non-metro airports.
