Thiruvananthapuram airport privatisation: Hardeep Singh Puri says Kerala already running two airports under PPP model

The Kerala government is running two “very successful” airports under the public-private partnership (PPP) model and it is still opposing handing over the Thiruvananthapuram airport to a private operator, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.

His remarks come after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the Union Cabinet’s approval to lease out the Thiruvananthapuram airport to Adani Enterprises under the PPP model for a period of 50 years.

Puri asked why did the Kerala government participate in the bidding process for the Thiruvananthapuram airport if it has been against privatisation.