World-class airports! Modi Cabinet approves leasing out of Jaipur, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram airports on PPP

World-class airports in India! Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for leasing out Jaipur, Guwahati, and Thiruvananthapuram airports. These airports are owned by the Authority of India (AAI). Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Union cabinet has approved the proposal for leasing out Jaipur, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram airports through public-private partnership (PPP) model.

Earlier, Adani Enterprises had won the rights to run Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Jaipur International Airport, Mangalore International Airport, Trivandrum International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram, and Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati through PPP model following a bidding process. Like airports in Jaipur, Guwahati, and Thiruvananthapuram, AAI manages Lucknow, Ahmedabad, and Mangaluru airports. Adani Enterprises has already signed the concessionaire agreement with AAI for airports in Lucknow, Ahmedabad, and Lucknow on February 14, 2020.