The award of lease rights for six non-metro airports to the successful bidder Adani Enterprises Ltd will be one of the first big-ticket deals to be signed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government when it begins a new five-year term in office.
Adani Enterprises had emerged the highest bidder when the Airports Authority of India (AAI) — which currently runs these six airports — sought bids for the operation and management of the existing airport assets as well as the upgradation and development of additional air-side terminals, city-side and land-side infrastructure on 50 years lease for Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mangaluru and Thiruvananthapuram airports. The winning bid is decided on the basis of the highest per-passenger fee that the concessionaire will pay to the AAI monthly for 50 years.
